Languish under the unfettered shade of OFTEN's dreamy R&B indie "Palm Trees" and you will find an easy vibe against machine beats but maybe an emotional unease in it's melancholia. The Ohio bred artist who openly refers to herself as the queer love child of Donna Summer and Fiona Apple (I absolutely love this description) constructs a simple yet enticing musical framework to bathe with her moving vocal aesthetic, further enhanced by lovely self harmonies.
"Palm Trees" is informed by her longest friendship. She shares:
"I had a best friend that I would refer to as my longest relationship. We spent our 20's partying and weeping all over New York's lesbian dance floors. It was exactly how your 20's should go, including how abruptly it all seems to end. There was so much buried beneath our friendship, so when I moved away and started to know and see myself more clearly I really couldn't avoid our disjointed roots. Last year was particularly hard, as it was for literally everyone, but it also gave me a lot of time to sit and stew and work things out and be mad in ways I never gave myself the grace to be. One night when I got near the end of that rope it was about 2 in the morning and I just needed to do something with all the energy. I started playing these very simple chords and this sweet melody formed and turned into "Palm Trees". There's kind of a knot in the song, a lump in your throat of all the things left unsaid, but it's ultimately a simple goodbye. An acknowledgement of what was and the peace of knowing when it's time to turn the page."
"I had a best friend that I would refer to as my longest relationship. We spent our 20's partying and weeping all over New York's lesbian dance floors. It was exactly how your 20's should go, including how abruptly it all seems to end. There was so much buried beneath our friendship, so when I moved away and started to know and see myself more clearly I really couldn't avoid our disjointed roots. Last year was particularly hard, as it was for literally everyone, but it also gave me a lot of time to sit and stew and work things out and be mad in ways I never gave myself the grace to be. One night when I got near the end of that rope it was about 2 in the morning and I just needed to do something with all the energy. I started playing these very simple chords and this sweet melody formed and turned into "Palm Trees". There's kind of a knot in the song, a lump in your throat of all the things left unsaid, but it's ultimately a simple goodbye. An acknowledgement of what was and the peace of knowing when it's time to turn the page."
"Palm Trees" is a moving piece of chill wave R&B indie pop that sustains you and gets deeply under your skin. Dive deep into the Official Video.
-Robb Donker Curtius
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Hailing from the flats of Columbus, Ohio, I’ve been fortunate to find home throughout the United States and abroad. Currently deepening my ancestry in the South, the closeness of those who came before helped me settle back into the body I tried to leave behind. The queer love child of Donna Summer and Fiona Apple, I’ve spent the year clearing a path to self, letting go of what held me back, and making room for the gifts only peace can return.
Hailing from the flats of Columbus, Ohio, I’ve been fortunate to find home throughout the United States and abroad. Currently deepening my ancestry in the South, the closeness of those who came before helped me settle back into the body I tried to leave behind. The queer love child of Donna Summer and Fiona Apple, I’ve spent the year clearing a path to self, letting go of what held me back, and making room for the gifts only peace can return.
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