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Four quiet years after her initial sophomore release, Neah Lee returns to the public music scene with a new EP complete with warmer vocals, highly creative rhythms, deeper lyrics, and an overall drastically different sound full of fresh melodies.
The EP is equipped with four new tracks, each uniquely different from the other, each accompanied by a precisely crafted musical ambiance that appropriately vivifies its respective lyrics:
‘Growing Pains’ is aptly accompanied by bittersweet melodies complemented by a nostalgic loop track.
What Would I (WWI), perhaps the most catchy track on the album, is accompanied by an array of different sounds with an appropriately hypnotic and subtly alluring melody.
The other two tracks on the album give a slower and more contemplative feel. ‘Pink Elephant’ effectively brings out the melancholic and inevitable theme spoken by its lyrics. The protracted rhythm and slow melody of ‘Tragedy’, accompanied by the heavy usage of strings, stirs within the soul a compassionate agony that cannot be ignored.
A major highlight of Lee’s latest EP is the creative usage of a vast array of different sounds and instruments, straying from her previously acoustic driven sound.
Overall, Lee’s latest EP is evidence of an artist that has grown profoundly since her last release and of a person that has been deeply moved by and immersed in the many experiences of life. Most assuredly, this album will by no means disappoint.
-David Chiu
Four quiet years after her initial sophomore release, Neah Lee returns to the public music scene with a new EP complete with warmer vocals, highly creative rhythms, deeper lyrics, and an overall drastically different sound full of fresh melodies.
Produced by Robin Lai (www.thebasementnyc.com), The EP is equipped with four new tracks, each uniquely different from the other, each accompanied by a precisely crafted musical ambiance that appropriately vivifies its respective lyrics.
“What Would I (WWI)”, perhaps the most catchy track, opens up the album with upbeat feel-good indie rock rhythms, accompanied by an array of different sounds, with an appropriately hypnotic and subtly alluring melody.
The album quickly slows down with Pink Elephant’s slow, pendulum-like rhythms and mildly haunting reverbs–both of which are reflective of the song’s theme of the melancholic yet inevitable fact that “secrets will break eventually”. Pink Elephant transitions into the even slower and most somber track on the album–”Tragedy”.
“Tragedy” was written in response to Lee’s reflections of the numbing effect of the overwhelming amount of tragedy in the world, a numbing effect that is only overshadowed by the busyness of everyday privileged life. The protracted rhythms and slow melody of
“Tragedy”, accompanied by the heavy usage of strings, stirs within the soul a compassionate agony that cannot be ignored.
The album officially closes (minus the bonus track) on a hopeful note with “Growing Pains”, which is accompanied by a bittersweet melody, complemented by a nostalgic electronic loop track. While the track seems to speak of “growing pains” between and among friends, “Growing Pains” adds a sense of reality by bringing back a ray of hope in the epilogue of an album that is representative of an initially hopeful life caught on the downhill by ending with:
“but love never quits
it won’t abandon ship
oh love it’s so hard
so wonderful
no i can’t abandon this”
The bonus track “Interlude in T-Minor” features Lee rapping to a remix of the backing track to “What Would I”. Although mainly more of a gimmick than anything, the bonus track shows Lee’s truly creative, reflective and profound nature.
A major highlight of Lee’s latest EP is the creative usage of a vast array of different sounds and instruments, straying from her previously acoustic driven sound.
Overall, Lee’s latest EP is evidence of an artist that has grown exponentially since her last release and of a person that has been deeply moved by and immersed in the many experiences of life. Most assuredly, this album will by no means disappoint.
http://www.neahleemusic.com
-David Chiu