You may have heard by now, but on August 24th LexiconDon will be releasing their highly anticipated, debut album Pink + Blue. It would be a vast understatement to say that the Binary crew is excited! “December Sunset” is the first single, and it’s a nice showing of LexiconDon’s diversity on the album. Pink + Blue is loaded with hits, but this song shows off the more organically soft side of our beloved Binary boys, considering much of their previously released material has been a bit on the faster, ‘heavier’ side. The song stands alone as a tasty little treat, and is packaged with a stellar gathering of remixes from the likes of Keenhouse, U-Tern, NightWaves, Oh Shit!, and Lazerhawk.

LexiconDon – December Sunset

The song starts with a clean, eerie landscape that immediately grips and pulls you in like a beautiful girls’ eyes on the dance floor. Strutting in ever so smoothly is the strong, distorted bassline which sticks throughout and carries the song. The ever-necessary tambourine pops in like magic to add a little glitter to the synthy atmosphere, followed by tambourine-man Alex’s vocals coming in at around a minute and sounding as good or better than ever. Not to take anything away from their past work, but “December Sunset” has more of a concentration and focus than ever before. Lyrics, vocals, and overall production are just more deliberate, precise, and smooooth. Get used to this level of quality, as it’s just a taste of what’s to come from Pink + Blue.

This is undeniably a song about heartbreak and heartache. It’s also a longing for the summer months that seem so far away in the dead of winter. Your summer sweetheart seems a distant memory now and your heart aches for your times together.  It’s December, it’s bitterly cold, and you’re finally getting hit with the realization that it was really just a summer fling-thing. “December Sunset” certainly has a  melancholy feel throughout, but there’s also an optimistic hint of hope for the future. At first listen you get the melancholy part, but it may take some time to feel the uplifting side… which is kind of the way it feels when your heart is broken. At first all is dark and gloomy, but in time you begin to see a little clearer and find hope in the future that lies ahead.

“Is this really over? You are my everything, my everything, my everything.”

Luckily for us, we’re not freezing in December, but rather find ourselves in the dead heat of the sweltering summer right now. Summer romance is in the air and we don’t need to think about what’s going to come from any of it. But when winter time rolls around, I imagine there will be plenty of lonely souls that make this their comforting theme song.

And even with all of that said, this song really does fit snuggly as a refreshing little splash of summer. Try it on… and get ready for a load of ear candy coming from LexiconDon in the coming weeks.

Posted by: Dillon