Never mind we all might be feeling afraid. "Overlord" kicks off with an inner dialogue plea appropriate for, and thought by so many through the seemingly endless election year, "Please don't yell at the train / just get aboard." The politician wants us to all strap in and stay quiet.
For their first single in two years, Dirty Projectors comes back with a sunny single reminiscent of a radio single we might hear in the Summer of 1998 Friedman's beautiful voice singing over a simple acoustic melody, while still tackling tough topics.
There's something a little daunting about the concept of Maia Friedman's angelic voice singing the word "Overlord" several times in two-and-a-half minutes, but the reality is actually much better. Chris will play a few festivals in Europe over the summer, but in the meantime you can listen to La vita nuova, streaming now. It brings the track a bodily quality that comes to a climax during the instrumental breakdown at the very end. Lyrically, they weave in and out of Italian and English, with the words they sing conjuring up longing for touch and love. The track is a sleek, sexy duet that features singer-songwriter and producer Caroline Polacheck.“La vita nuova” has its roots in both electronic and theatrical pop and creates harmony within the different energy of their voices-Letissier is high and pent up in conversation while Polacheck is warm and dark.
Almost as a sequel to last year’s success on Charli XCX’shot track “Gone,” Chris follows up this year with “La vita nuova,” off her newest EP of the same title. Héloïse Letissier, or simply known as Chris, of Christine and the Queens,continues to release music that feels uniquely in tune with her own introspective search and identity. Check out her past releases and upcoming new music on Quadio, the college-driven streaming platform that has been introducing us to our favorite emerging artists around the country for the past two weeks. Her airy yet hardy, understated vocals croon in layered harmonies, “so caught up in the past, I forgot you had forgotten me.” Through the warped fishbowl lens of her memory, Nathanie revisits an outgrown love that will always exist in suspended animation somewhere in her mind. With a dreamy, ‘verbed out Wurlitzer, a classic R&B chord progression and a muted trumpet bleeding in as if from out your window, Nathanieconfidently expresses a nostalgia for a time period she can’t quite pin down but knows is gone. This is the case with our final Quadio pick of the week “Paris” by University of Arizona student artist, Nathanie. The first chord has barely settled into silence, and already you are immersed in the energy the artist wants to share with you. Some songs manage to evoke a feeling and create a space within just the first few seconds.
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