genres: chamber pop + indie folk
This short, piano driven album is well outside what I’ve typically written about. It’s not exactly unusual for me to listen to something quiet and calm like this, but it is quite rare that a whole record in this genre can captivate my attention quite like this. Don’t mistake the album’s warm and calming acoustic tone for simplicity. The vast majority of the record pairs just melodic piano and ethereal vocals together, and even when we get a little acoustic guitar and drum tossed in, it evokes the quiet melodic modern jazz you might here in the lobby of an upscale hotel more than anything even hinting in the direction of rock. That said, there’s a sophistication in the way the restrained vocal lines and piano melodies fit together into a beautiful tapestry with a subtle, but inviting level of intrigue. Even the piano melodies, though straightforward enough I would have no trouble picking them up in an afternoon with my three years of lessons over a decade ago, stray just far enough from the expected and repetitive to hold a listener’s active attention. Combined with lyrics depicting scenes of everyday, often childlike happiness, the entire project takes on the best airs of early nursery rhymes. Nostalgic fantasy, a touch of quiet surrealism, and an optimism truly confident in the joys encountered just by living life.
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