Eyemèr deeply beautiful and sad "On My Own"

AP Track Review

On My Own by Belgium's Eyemèr is a deeply beautiful song about loss and dealing with such. The plaintiff strumming guitar played with such sadness amid strings and sparse piano is exquisitely moving but it is Eyemèr's vocal performance that grounds the song. Sung with a quiet reserved pain and sometimes wailing sadness. Lovely, sad and vast.

-Robb Donker




THE FACTS AS WE KNOW THEM - PRESS NOTES:

Eyemèr (pseudonym of Sarah Devreese) is a singer-songwriter whose style can be compared to artists such as Soko, Daughter, Bon Iver, and Waxahatchee. In 2014, the artist became a finalist in Humo’s Rock Rally. They have also been an opening act for known Belgian musicians such as Marble Sounds and Isbells. For their new EP, the singer-songwriter has collaborated with Michiel De Maeseneer (known for productions for among others Balthazar and Bazart) and Tomas Van Hove.

For many years already, Eyemèr has been working to break the stigma surrounding mental health using melancholic indie sounds and activist lyrics. Since 2018, which marks the year the artist came out of the closet as non-binary (not man or woman), they have also started writing about their genderqueerness. Eyemèr hopes to spotlight both the mental health theme and non-binary theme and normalize these.