Premiere: Izzy Heltai Shares New Observe “Blissful”

New EP principally myself once more Out October twentieth

Oct 19, 2023

By Caleb Campbell

Images by Jacqueline Justice

Indie singer/songwriter Izzy Heltai is again later this week along with his forthcoming sophomore EP, principally myself once more, out October twentieth. The file follows after Heltai’s 2021 debut effort, Day Plan (5 Songs Written 4 the Finish of the World), and a subsequent yr spent on the street, enjoying a formidable sequence of tour dates that included opening slots for The Mountain Goats, Bear’s Den, and Liza Anne. Heltai’s new EP was formed by these levels and finds him hanging a cautious stability between expressive lyrical confessions and stark indie folks songwriting. The EP was additionally co-produced by Alberto Sewald (Katy Kirby, Jack Van Cleaf) and Ethan Fortenberry (Jack Van Cleaf, Ethansroom).

Heltai has already shared a handful of singles from the EP, together with “Dangerous Time,” “25,” and “Fifteen,” and immediately he’s again with an early take heed to one of many file’s highlights, “completely happy,” premiering with Beneath the Radar.

With “completely happy” Heltai takes a nostalgic tour by means of childhood recollections, accompanied by winding fingerpicked guitar, resonant piano chords, and regular, meditative rhythms. Heltai’s sparse and easy association builds the area obligatory for a heartfelt confessional, soaking his quiet lyrical musings within the smooth golden hues of reminiscence. His lyrics pull out particulars from the haze of a previous life, tracing moments that really feel each deeply private and common, resembling the great thing about a childhood backyard or fantasies of the boundless future. But, Heltai additionally lets hints of current ache additionally invade these rosy recollections, coloring the monitor’s wistful tones with shades of grey: “Again earlier than I made excuses for the person I’d change into / I used to be completely happy / I used to be happier / Than now.”

Heltai says of the monitor, “My favourite line on this track is, ‘They had been gods in my eyes, the entire those that I noticed as grown up and now I’m the identical age as they had been then and I nonetheless don’t really feel grown’

I used to be speaking to an previous highschool trainer of mine, and she or he talked about that after I first met her, she was the age I’m now. How we view and expertise the world is relative, and dictated by our personal subjective expertise. As apparent of an announcement as which may appear, moments when that’s really introduced into clear view, actually follow me.”

Try the track and video under. The accompanying video intersperses footage of Heltai’s childhood with him as a grown man, reflecting on that sense of innocence and pleasure. Heltai’s new EP, principally myself once more, is out on October twentieth.