Breathtakingly intimate and exquisite weak, ‘Silvia’ aches uncooked intimacy and intent as Panamanian singer/songwriter Sofía Valdés bares her soul for all to see, hear, and really feel.

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“It’s been some time since I’ve been round,” Sofía Valdés sings firstly of her third EP. “It’s been some time since I’ve seen you out. Have you ever modified your hair? Would you thoughts to share?” A way of soul-searching and rediscovery permeates the second because the Panamanian singer/songwriter reconnects with herself in actual time, discovering her voice anew by turning to these issues she’s lengthy held pricey: Household, ancestry and heritage, friendship, and many others. “I took an opportunity at a model new place. I introduced my satisfaction and a few spare change. They don’t communicate my language; are you able to mend the harm?” So begins a cinematic and religious journey deep into the artist’s inside sanctum: Breathtakingly intimate and exquisite weak, Silvia aches uncooked intimacy and intent as Sofía Valdés bares her soul for all to see, hear, and really feel.

Misplaced belief and unhealthy connections
I carry the load on my hips
Figuring out I’ll at all times give in
It’s simple…

Heavy hearted conversations
“I’m certain,” “Sleep on it”
I’ll decide a battle only for kicks
It’s simple…

And I’m rambling now
However I swear you had
Given all of it to simply take it again
Residing off bins and a few hearts
Little extra open than your scars

– “Simple,” Sofía Valdés

Launched August 11, 2023 through Warner Information, Silvia is the spellbinding third EP from Sofía Valdés. A singular and fast-rising voice whose songs act as “little home windows into her soul” (Atwood, 2021), Valdés has shortly emerged over the previous three years stuffed with coronary heart, soul, and pure ardour: The good-granddaughter of esteemed Cuban musician Miguelito Valdés and acclaimed Panamanian singer Silvia De Grasse (often called the “Queen of Tamborera”) has steadily carved her personal path with soul-stirring music that channels her previous, current, and future into one.

Nowhere does this fact ring more true than on the five-track Silvia, a file that noticed an un-moored 21-year-old Valdés discover her anchor.

“The Silvia EP was written and recorded final 12 months in 2022. I used to be fortunate sufficient to work alongside unbelievable producers, musicians, and artists. All these songs took a very long time to jot down, however as soon as we had the bones for it I knew which of them had been the particular ones. All of them shed a light-weight on completely different matters and views and feelings I used to be coming throughout,” Valdés tells Atwood Journal. “I didn’t actually have a set sound I needed to go for. I simply knew I needed it to sound trustworthy and for me to essentially like it. I set my thoughts to jot down about issues that basically moved me. My sister, my household, buddies, dropping family members, shifting to a brand new nation. That sentiment by no means left, however I needed to remind myself continually to not get sucked into tendencies or a sound that was not mine.”

“Penning this EP jogged my memory a little bit of the sentiments I had whereas writing among the songs of [my debut EP] Ventura,” she provides. “I used to be simply doing one thing I liked and I trusted how I felt concerning the songs. I felt a bit misplaced in writing [my second EP] In Bloom.”

Valdés confides that she felt appreciable quantities of anger as she went about making this file, “however anger comes out within the sound of unhappiness for me,” she says.

“I wasn’t unhappy, however I used to be feeling anger.” The result’s a set of introspective, introverted, and eclectic songs that ache intimately, and from the within out.

The EP is known as after her great-grandmother. “At instances I didn’t know why I used to be doing this, and what was the rationale,” Valdés admits. “She was a Panamanian folklore singer; she was courageous, type, a mom, and a few describe her as a bit scandalous for her time. I discovered plenty of security and safety within the considered my ancestors throughout the means of penning this venture.”

With the previous as her beacon ahead, Valdés went about making a file rooted in her personal most weak feelings and experiences; a group that exposes her innermost, uncooked humanity. Highlights and magical moments about on the 17-minute journey from “Midnight Freak-Out” to “Barbed Wire.”

The EP’s heavy, visceral, and alternative-leaning single “Wild” is a definitive standout and a private favourite for Valdés as properly.

“After we had been finalizing ‘Wild,’ Michael Uzowuru had known as Dylan Wiggins – we had began the track all collectively months again. The cool factor about Michael is that he has among the finest concepts ever. More often than not they’re so on the market, it’s belongings you would by no means consider placing collectively and then you definately do and it’s superb. I belief him with completely something. He needed to attempt drums that sounded a bit aggressive and Dylan simply began happening the drums and I almost began crying. it appeared like so many alternative conflicting emotions I had tried writing down however I couldn’t nevertheless it wanted one thing else to spherical up the thought. The drums for me delivered the emotion I needed for it.”

Lyrically, Silvia presents Valdés at her most actual and uncooked: “I had been studying quite a bit about trauma within the physique, Resentment is held within the hips. That basically resonated with me. I used to be ready the place I felt like I had been weak round individuals with energy over me that took benefit of it. I felt very threatened and like I had no selection however to go along with it. I didn’t know any higher. I used to be offended and quiet. That’s what these lyrics imply to me.”

Misplaced belief and unhealthy connections,
I carry the load in my hips,
Figuring out I’ll at all times give in, 
It’s simple.

“They had been very straight to the purpose however to me encapsulated the sensation of your entire track in 4 traces.”

In the end, Silvia is a shocking step ahead for Sofía Valdés as she seemingly rejects the pop-centric mentality of her new residence in Los Angeles, as an alternative choosing a sound and elegance that’s uniquely her personal: A wedding of previous and current.

“What I’ve taken away from this file is principally to maintain myself grounded and true to what I like,” Valdés shares. “Each time I write to imply what I say. Preserve my integrity and loyalty to music. I simply hope listeners discover one thing that connects with them. That’s all you may actually want for as an artist.”

Expertise the total file through our under stream, and peek inside Sofía Valdés’ Silvia EP with Atwood Journal as she goes track-by-track by means of the music and lyrics of her newest launch!

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Midnight Freak-Out

Midnight Freak-Out was written a couple of time in my life the place I felt a bit misplaced with the place I used to be mentally and bodily. I had simply moved to LA and I liked it however I had so many blended feelings as a result of I missed my residence and household.

Simple 

I like Simple a lot, it was written in a short time, it simply poured out of me. I got here into the session and somebody already had the concept for the guitar half, the second I heard it all the things simply spilled out.

Wild

I’ve essentially the most fond recollections of writing wild, we had been within the session, and I couldn’t actually discover one thing that I actually liked to jot down about or talked about. I then remoted myself within the session for slightly and the track got here out. I used to be actually apprehensive about it at first. It’s grow to be considered one of my favorites

Silvia 

“Silvia” is that this track impressed by my great-grandmother. It’s not solely her story in there, however [that of ]my different grandparents. I used Silvia because the vessel to create one story at a time. I discovered plenty of consolation within the concept of her and my ancestors.

Barbed Wire 

I began writing Barbed Wire and it was like a straightforward track for me to jot down. I knew precisely what I needed to say, and the way I needed to sound like. I acquired caught in the midst of it and it wasn’t till a 12 months later the place I used to be in a position to end it, however by that point my emotions have modified and what I used to be writing and you’ll hear the change within the track.

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