This Week’s LITM Pop Picks features the lilting acoustics and ethereal melodies of Abby London, Moon and Aries, Carla Stark, and others.
Abby London - Can’t Help Falling in Love
We start off this queue with Abby London’s dreamy acoustic cover of ‘Can’t Help Falling in Love’. Abby’s interpretation of the song is one of soft romance. Each line is devoted to driving this softness to the forefront, bejeweled with touching blues and soulful reflections. The beauty of the compositions is how she leaves spaces for the meaning behind the lyrics to bloom and fill the listener. With quivering vocals and tender inflections, her vocals are potent wells of sentiment. And the sweet dalliance of the acoustic piano melodies further cast a spell of pensive resonance. Listeners of Celine Dion, Adele, and the like are sure to enjoy the heartfelt contours of this track.
Emize - return the gaze
Return the gaze is the third single release of Brooklyn-based artist and producer, emize. Influenced by artists like SOPHIE, FKA twigs, Arca & Object Blue, the artist is known for her keen explorations of electronica, especially industrial, to find the delicate balance between its soft and resonant qualities. In return of the gaze, she fathoms a dark sphere, spilling with echoes, futuristic textures, and emo vocals. She uses the provocative and transgressive influences of the industrial genre to shape the theme in the introduction. And phases into soft melodic evocations in the chorus. With this cycle of harshness and harmony, she brings concept to emotion. Her work is reminiscent of a prog/futuristic Billie Eilish, Lorde, Melanie Martinez.
Moon and Aries - Don’t Feed The Demons
Reinforcing the outworldly constructs of emize are the luminous electro-pop spheres of duo, ‘Moon and Aries’. With this latest track, ‘Don’t Feed the Demons’ they delve into a cerebral thematic sphere. Inspired by reflective and pensive planes, the song is an immersive composition that brings light to darkness, color to melancholy, and wisdom to demons. Jordana Moon's idiosyncratic vocal appeal beautifully plays into Tom Aries’ production style. Each chorus is an epiphanic space, filled with luminous textures, ascending beats, and evocations. Despite the ethereal facets built into the song, the listener can’t help but relate to the visceral humanistic frames that the artists create within it.
Nadine Randle - K9 (Wide Awake)
Nadine Randle is a Swedish singer-songwriter and pop artist. Her style is plugged into the commercial pop culture, exploding with energy and dance beats without compromising on the emotional appeal and spirit. In her latest single, K9 (Wide Awake), Nadine Randle sets out the complexities of her artistic vision. Pulling in frames from EDM and dance music, she introduces them into her pop narratives. And the result is a powerful sonic tapestry that is reminiscent, in spirit, of Britney Spears, Beyonce, and Rihanna. Her confidence and conviction strikes at the heart of her artistic personality, allowing her to lead with her passion, intuition, and heart. Listen Now!
Carla Stark - A Million Lives
Carla Stark is a French-Algerian singer-songwriter and pop artist. With resonant lyrics and narrative vocals, her soul-pop tracks carry a universal appeal. They ring with causes and themes that she is passionate about. And in her passion, her listeners find inspiration. In her latest track, Million Lives, Carla Stark explores the pain, sentiment, and loss of going through a miscarriage. The beauty of the song is contained in the tenderness and sincerity of her vocals, rising and falling with deep emotional inflections. With swirling neo-classicals that emulate the temperament of her vocals, the soundscape is incredibly immersive and arresting. It is about the woe of losing a child, but it is also about the journey of healing through it, finding strength and forgiving yourself, and letting it go.
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