“American Gothic” is a hauntingly beautiful track by the eclectic band Aura Readers. It lives up to its title and features a dark and brooding atmosphere that has been built from a guitar-driven tone, featuring minor keys and dense layers of instrumentation as the track progresses. The reverberated female vocals evoke feelings of sadness. The vocals are resonant and quite theatrical to convey the emotional intensity of the song.
This is one of those tracks that explores darkness, death, the supernatural, and existential angst, drawing influence from Gothic literature making it such a bona fide standout. If you are looking for something captivatingly dark and brooding with haunting appeal, look no further than Aura Readers’ “American Gothic.”