This edition of LITM Pop Picks brings to you cinematic pop, electro-pop, and more. The list features artists Elisabeth Grey, Miss Verona, Juan Geck, and more.
Elisabeth Grey - Echoes of Paradise
With an otherworldly piano progression setting the tone for the song and justifying its title, ‘Echoes of Paradise’ by Elisabeth Grey feels like a transcendental listening experience. The song builds in a very sensational, emotive fashion – with layers building upon each other, where every layer is grand in a cinematic, theatrical kind of way. Crescendos and falls come in regular intervals, but the song maintains its emotive tensions throughout the ebbs and flows of the instrumentation. Elisabeth’s vocals are drenching with feeling and vulnerability, and pull in the listener and make them stay within the song’s atmosphere. Expansive, grand, while never losing sight of the emotion at its core, you ought to give this one a listen.
Miss Verona - Bad For My Reputation
Starting off in a manner that immediately takes you back to the electro-pop and disco-pop sound of the 2000s, ‘Bad For My Reputation’ by Miss Verona will have people stop and listen to it at any party. Pumping beats, clubbed with a dancefloor energy, this song will have anyone and everyone moving to its tunes. The vocals of Verona have that richness, that playfulness, that seductive seriousness which is really hard to bring together into one vocal line. The song undoubtedly has a Lady Gaga influence flowing through its musical veins, owing to attitude-laden vocals, and of course the irresistible, magnetic rhythms and beats.
Juan Geck - high tide
Sound of the late 2010s and 2020s pop coursing through its rhythms, ‘high tide’ by Juan Geck is a sonic experience that feels freeing while pushing you to meet your emotions. The beat arrangement in the song is truly praiseworthy, owing to the shifts it takes on to match shifts in intensity. The echoey textures of the song give it that expansive feel, which is just enough, and gives the song that dark oceanic feel.Juan’s vocals are rich, they are mellow, and full of emotion and have you feel what the song intends for you to feel. If you are a contemporary pop enthusiast, there is no way you won’t absolutely love this song with the very first listen.
Connor Riesen - All This Time
Starting off in a manner that has you feel like you want to shed all your worries and then interact with the track, ‘All This Time’ by Connor Riesen is a song steeped in gentility and images that stir your heart and mind. The instrumentation uses reverb to achieve this lightweight feeling alongside shimmering musical elements – guitars, organ-like sounds, piano – that give the song its magical gentleness. The song feels like something right out of a coming-of-age movie, and has you picture endless roads and night and driving with your love, as everything feels like it is going to be okay.
Jacob Barrett - Maybe
With music and melodies that feel like driving out of your city as you picture all that you leave behind in slow motion, ‘Maybe’ by Jacob Barrett has you going over all the “ifs” and “maybes” of your life. The instrumentation makes use of echo textures that align with the lingering nature of the questions that are being met with in the song. The gentle flow of the song, and the delicate lushness of it feel very dream-like. The dual vocals in the song give us a chance to engage with a story from two perspectives, and perhaps they will also help us imagine the other perspective which we never got to know, and in it find closure.
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