Bliss Carmxn – Caffeine Orange (2025)
‘Caffeine Orange’ feels like waking up too early, half-dreaming, half-remembering something that might’ve never happened. From the first few notes, you can tell this isn’t a typical alt-pop track. It moves like a thought, changing shape the longer you sit with it. Bliss Carmxn has this gift for turning hazy, everyday moments into something cinematic.
The song drifts between folk storytelling, synth shimmer and dream-pop haze, and somehow it all fits. You can hear that sunrise energy, the blur of being awake but not quite, in the production itself. The vibraphone motif, apparently transposed from a photo of a mosaic taken at dawn, loops like a heartbeat that’s not sure if it’s resting or racing.
The vocals float in and out like conversation and memory at once. There’s this gentle intimacy between the voice and the synth layers that feels almost like eavesdropping on a private thought. When Bliss sings “Caffeine orange skylights through / the tepid charge of 8 am”, it hits with that quiet recognition of a moment you’ve lived, that strange tenderness of an early morning.
About halfway through, the song subtly changes direction. The rhythm picks up, pulsing more like a house track, but it never loses its dreamlike quality. It’s one of those transitions that you don’t notice happening, and suddenly you’re in a different soundscape entirely. That shift gives the song its magic. It’s like the afterglow of a feeling refusing to fade.
There’s a stretch toward the end where the piano takes over, giving off these soft, jazzy vibes that pull everything together. It’s delicate but full of intention. If you listen on headphones (and you should), you really hear how much care went into the production. Every layer feels placed with purpose, and the mix by Rookes leaves just enough air for everything to breathe.
What I like most about ‘Caffeine Orange’ is that it’s not trying to be catchy or loud; it is simply trying to be honest. It captures that weird space between dreaming and being awake, between remembering and imagining. It’s art-pop, but it’s also deeply human. By the time it ends, you don’t feel like you’ve just listened to a song, more like you’ve wandered through someone’s morning and caught a glimpse of their heart still waking up.
Find out more about Bliss Carmxn on his official website, Facebook, X, Instagram, TikTok, YouTube, Soundcloud, Bandcamp and Spotify.
This artist was discovered via Musosoup #sustainablecurator
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