Stream: Active Child, ‘Never Far Away’

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Choir boy-turned-electronic pop auteur Pat Grossi will release his second full-length as Active Child on June 16. It’s titled “Mercy,” and while still embracing themes of love and loss in Grossi’s characteristic naked vulnerability, the album marks a production shift away from the soupy effects that drenched his 2011 debut “You Are All I See.” In the album announcement, Grossi explains: “In the past, affecting my voice with reverb and doubling was exciting, but now it bores me. When you remove those layers there’s an undeniable authenticity. But there’s no deep meaning behind the change. Its speaks for itself.” Indeed, if, as Grossi says, “the real motivation is emotional clarity,” the new song “Never Far Away” nails it, with Grossi’s voice soaring soulfully over tasteful, restrained production.

||| Stream: “Never Far Away” and “1999”

||| Live: Active Child performs at the Cathedral Sanctuary at Immanuel Presbyterian Church on July 10.

||| Previously: Live at the El Rey, “Subtle,” “Evening Ceremony,” “Johnny Belinda,” live at the Troubadour, “Hanging On,” “I’m in Your Church at Night”