COSTA has released his new single ‘Siren Call’, a collaboration with vocalist, songwriter, and producer Linney, out now via Monstercat. The track marks COSTA’s first credit as a songwriter and is, according to the 23-year-old producer, his most introspective release to date.
‘Siren Call’ came together during a single six-hour co-writing session between the two artists. During that session, COSTA and Linney found they were drawing from similar wells despite working in different corners of the industry — both grappling with the pressure to prove themselves and the vulnerability that comes with it. The result is a track built around fear of judgment, of falling short, of reaching out and finding no one there — feelings that are common enough to be universal, even if they tend to isolate.
Sonically, the track leans dark and cinematic. The atmosphere descends gradually while building tension. When that pressure finally breaks, the drop floods in with towering, detuned synths that blur the line between melody and noise. Linney’s vocals stay wound through COSTA’s production the whole way, to the point where it gets hard to tell where the track ends and the listener’s own head begins. It fades out the same way it opens — with the listener alone with their thoughts.
COSTA’s rise over the past year has been fast by any measure. He started out posting instinctual flips from his dorm room, a release run that racked up more than 5 million streams within a year and set the stage for what’s become a steady string of original material. ‘Siren Call’ follows his debut originals ‘You Got Me’ and ‘Dimension’, and lands in the middle of a breakout stretch that’s included a Red Rocks appearance — which happened to fall on his graduation night — and the launch of his first national headline tour.
That tour has been picking up steam of its own. COSTA announced this week that his second Denver show over Thanksgiving weekend sold out, prompting the addition of a third night in the city. It’s another data point in what’s shaping up to be one of the more notable breakout years in bass music, with COSTA increasingly positioned as one of the genre’s newer, more distinct voices.
‘Siren Call’ is out now via Monstercat.
