These LITM Singer-Songwriter Picks are heartfelt and intimate, coming to you from Evermo, Ardentjohn, and Karen Salicath Jamali!
1. Evermo – Once Again
Sometimes, when you experience something for the first time, you leave that moment with the bittersweet knowledge of the fact that it’ll never hit the same way again. Stockholm-based Evermo’s Once Again closes his debut album, Songs I Might, and has all the tone and character to do so effectively, evoking exactly that nostalgic melancholy that immediately makes you want to go back and listen to the album from the beginning. Featuring Annika Hedlund, the song’s layers – both vocals, the poignant piano, and grounding percussion – weave into each other, creating a cohesion that sinks into your soul; listen to Once Again here!
2. Ardentjohn – Into The Night
From its opening moments, you can tell that Ardentjohn’s latest single, Into The Night, will put you in a better mood, regardless of how it finds you. The song leans towards an indie-folk sound that lends it a bright, upbeat nature while retaining the raw intimacy that gives the genre its characteristic sound. What stands out on this track is its production: each element of the track, from the organic vocals to the various instrumental layers, works cohesively with every other, each retaining its own identity while never overtaking any other layer. Full of heart and life, this is a track that’ll make the world seem just that much more colourful!
3. Karen Salicath Jamali – The Ocean of The Seals
Opening Karen Salicath Jamali’s latest album, Om Mare Shangri-la, is The Ocean of The Seals, a song that sets you down in gentle waves of sound that wash over you with emotional force that never knocks you off-balance. Jamali has already established a sound that carries profound truths and layers that invite you to explore them, and this song is no different; with lyrics like “In the sea of water, where the seals are swimming free / I can feel the love… And if you knew I was here, you would be swimming in the near,” the song is a spiritual exploration of love and the inevitability of finding your person, again and again.
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