Jessie Grace – Say One thing EP

(Ray Recordings)

DL / Streaming

Out Now

(Purchase Right here)

Songwriter and multi-instrumentalist releases a model new EP. Paul Scott-Bates reminisces over previous triumphs and appears ahead to huge futures.

With 2015 got here one of many most interesting albums of the last decade, an album so faultless that it stays forward of its time to this present day. American Tooth by Superhand (see overview right here) was and is, a piece of unbelievable stature and perfection which was sadly misplaced on the mainstream on the time. Vocalist and one half of the duo was Jessie Grace, launched a solo EP, My World Is Chilly, later the identical 12 months however has largely been quiet ever since.

Earlier this 12 months noticed the discharge of Livingrom Legend, a shocking ballad set towards the backdrop of an abusive and poisonous relationship which started to achieve traction and now, Jessie returns with a brand new EP headed by a brand new observe, Say One thing, and a clutch of adventurous remixes.

Say One thing showcases her superb voice, one which stretches effortlessly over keys and notes and is kind of merely one of many most interesting voices round which may grace (sorry) any radio station, music venue, radio station, and many others…. The sensation and keenness is second to none, one feels a part of the unfolding story and turns into embroiled within the music as if it had been an additional appendage.

Hand in hand with ‘that’ voice is a musical backing that appears to make use of so many strategies and results that it’s troublesome to think about what number of extra might be developed and used sooner or later. The proverbial kitchen sink could be included someplace alongside the way in which.

Livingroom Legend makes a return look, this time because the Movie Model – a tackle her current single with percussion eliminated. The result’s an much more highly effective tackle the only the place voice and violin come to the fore making a gut-wrenching piece that tears away on the coronary heart and soul.

Additionally included are three extra variations of Say One thing and two of Livingroom Legend. The previous has remixes by Andrew R Chicken, a Bristol-based, London-born, and internationally-bred composer and sound designer, who provides an R&B/hip-hop beat to a stripped again combine and, Blaen, a Welsh modular electronics whizz who provides us a psychedelic moons stomp remix and a intelligent, enchanting ambient remix of the identical model. Livingroom Legend is remixed by Chicken with a clubby anthem, techno really feel and J-Lab who provides Future, ChillTrap and DnB to a swirling avant-garde backdrop.

All of it makes for an eclectic launch which critically underpins the intense expertise of Jessie Grace. As us cool youngsters (?) mentioned within the 80s – “keep in mind the identify” and he or she shall be round for an extended, very long time.

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