Archive for June, 2019
Ivy-Jane possesses that most remarkable of tongues, capable of manipulating the air that’s pushed through her diaphragm so that when it finally coalesces into sound, it feels as if it could repair any and every hurt you might experience. Hers is the sort of voice that can heal a knife wound, and while many of my inner circle have suggested my best course of action is simply to stop knife fighting, I maintain that the voice of Ivy-Jane Brown is my best hope of avoiding fatal injury, while still giving me the opportunity to hone my blade skills and fleetness of foot. Plus I’m bound to win one soon, statistically speaking I’m well, well overdue.
It’s a voice full of spectacle and theatre, something that isn’t afraid to speak direct sentimentality into the spaces left suspended in her songs’ noteworthy instrumentals. This, and indeed all the songs on her recently released Midsummer EP, was produced by Jerome Blaze who like Ivy-Jane is a Sydneyside musician. His production across ‘Charles and Jane’ in particular is restrained but sparkles faintly like a dusty diamond. The palette of sounds he access is uniquely his and his vocal treatments, particularly in those moments where he’s pitched Ivy-Jane down, are sublime. That sort of pitch-shifting tomfoolery can sound downright cheap in the wrong hands but Jerome knows his way about it. If you like Vallis Alps or any other artist with a dewy voice and an unapologetic emotionalism then you’d best hit that play button my pal.
Woorabinda, in Central Queensland, has a population of 851 and right now I can tell you for a science fact that one of those 851 locals is a certified star. Miiesha is a name that’s gonna ring out in a big way over these next few years and you’ll remember the starting point as this, a song called ‘Black Supremacy’. She wields that voice like a serrated edge, cutting cleanly with stand alone lyrics pregnant with experience and suffering. Tell me you hear “Survival ain’t that beautiful” and don’t immediately feel it in your gut. It hits me with a mixture of shock, shame, sadness and genuine joy at hearing THIS sound rise from the hurt. Hit play and feel this one for a minute but remember the name.
It’s only up on triple j Unearthed for the moment but expect it on yr streamables real soon.
Artists you need to know rn
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| 2. Voidhood | |
259 | 3. jamesjamesjames | |
186 | 4. Zan | |
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| 5. Sesame Girl | |
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