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Oklou's Choke Enough
Oklou's Choke Enough
Oklou - Choke Enough

Album Review: Oklou releases debut studio electronic pop album – Choke Enough

When you listen to a set of songs that comes off as a breath of fresh air with beautiful melodies, intricately and skilfully composed sonic elements and soothing vocals, well, it is precisely all that you need to satisfy your soul and if you are looking for a similar set of songs, then the latest single by Oklou, Choke Enough is where your search ends. This is the debut studio album of Marylou Vanina Mayniel, a singer, producer, and DJ from France who goes by her stage name Oklou and she is highly well-known for writing quite futuristic and dreamy pop songs by artistically infusing experimental, ambient, and trance music into her compositions.

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Let us give you an overview of what this beautiful album offers

The latest debut studio album by Oklou, Choke Enough, is an out-and-out, fresh pop album with lots of electronic and ambient musical elements that set the perfect canvas for the tracks to shine bright and quickly hook the listeners to the vibes of each song. Besides that, the x-factor of this album happens to be the wide range of sonic and narrative directions the songs take, thereby bringing out the realistic vibes of the compositions. The album comprises a total of thirteen songs and runs for a duration of thirty-five minutes and forty-two seconds, and every time you tune in to this album, I assure you that you will lose yourself in it so much that it is going to get difficult for you to hit that pause button until you finish listening to and experiencing each of the songs.

Some notable tracks from Choke Enough

The first song of the latest release by Oklou, Choke Enough, is Endless, and even though this song starts on a note of suspense, it gradually evolves into a beautiful track with the vocals coming off like a blooming flower and brightening the soundscape to a whole different level. The following song, Thank You For Recording, is a really beautiful and sweet song filled with an immense amount of innocence and is sure to bring a smile to your face right from the start as it gets you grooving to its beats and the infectious electronic beats and arrangement.

Now, if you still wish to move towards some other groovy tracks in the album, then the fourth song, Obvious, is undoubtedly going to hook you within seconds of its start. It boasts a cool groove that makes you want to lose yourself in its atmospheric trance but, at the same time, makes you want to move with the rhythm.

The title track of the latest debut studio album by Oklou, Choke Enough, is a simply outstanding track that instantly captivates you in its loops and well, its a trap that you will never wish to fall out of because this is exactly where you can explore the magic of music when different sonic elements blend altogether in one.

Artists whose contribution to the LP deserves a special mention

Standing at number eight, Take Me By The Hand is a special song in the album because it features the well-known Swedish singer and rapper Bladee. Wait for a second if you think that’s it. There is another song that has a similar thing to offer: track number eleven, Harvest Sky, which features the highly talented American singer-songwriter and producer who goes by the stage name Underscores.

Besides that, the last track of the album, Blade Bird, is a beautiful closing song to this wonderfully curated set, and once again, just like the other tracks, it portrays the sheer versatility of the artist and the realistic nature of her compositions.

So now that you know what you can expect from the latest album by Oklou, Choke Enough, you must definitely go and check it out. Listen to all the songs of this album here:

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