Kohoba – Telephone Ride

Swiss indie-pop band KOHOBA's "Telephone Ride" delves into closeness in our modern age - the illusion for intimacy through technology and the factual alienation from immediate surroundings that may ensue. Musically, the song is upbeat and vibrant: the playful bassline and steady guitars keep pushing, with catchy and slightly mischievous synths into an irresistable chorus. In the bridge the arrangement escapes into an airy, almost weightless passage that mirrors the lyric “My heart jumps in circles when I’m with you,” a direct, tender ode to the small dizzying moments of being actually close to someone.