{"id":10023838,"date":"2020-11-09T12:07:42","date_gmt":"2020-11-09T17:07:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/vanyaland.com\/?p=10023838"},"modified":"2020-11-09T12:50:07","modified_gmt":"2020-11-09T17:50:07","slug":"oompa-summons-cleansing-relief-with-new-single-closer","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/vanyaland.com\/2020\/11\/09\/oompa-summons-cleansing-relief-with-new-single-closer\/","title":{"rendered":"Oompa summons cleansing relief with new single ‘Closer’"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Relief is a resplendent thing when it spouts from the lips of Oompa.<\/a><\/strong> This year feels starved of it, as does the country, and that famished ache has remained the dominant feeling for as far back as anyone can seem to remember.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Yet as the first notes of the Boston rapper’s new song “Closer” outstretch, relief comes crashing in a like a well-timed, cleansing tidal wave. Released last Friday (November 6), the song arrives as Oompa’s new virtual show at Oberon, titled Unbothered<\/em><\/a>, becomes available for a 48-hour rentals through December 9.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Aside from a source of much-needed musical reprieve and a mood reset, “Closer” is, above all, a steadfast choice: <\/strong>A chin-up, walking-on-air view of the meaningful joys of life. In a press release, Oompa explains the track as being written \u201camid a summer of refusal to falter or be reactionary in the face of multiple global crises; the coronavirus pandemic and an intense awakening about what it means to be Black in the world… This song isn\u2019t a promise to be a cure to the world\u2019s ills, but something that aims to counter the effects of the poison.” <\/p>\n\n\n\n

That’s exactly how “Closer” goes down, too — like a surge of sweetened mindfulness, tailored to this very moment in human history. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

“If we all go to hell soon, imma make sure the outro song is heat,” she shared in a recent Instagram post<\/a> that teased the release of “Closer.” With any luck, we’re on a better path for tomorrow already (Oompa’s courtesy soundtrack still rules, though). Press play below.<\/p>\n\n\n\n