While a lot of songs are full of big moments, sonic heaviness and vocal wails, "my little room" by Poolblood, the artistic moniker of singer songwriter Maryam Said, is wonderfully understated and gentle of spirit. Propelled by urgent strums, sparse piano and graced with moments of string orchestrations, Maryam sings in a way that might suggest she is having a conversation with herself in a safe space revealing herself to the night sky showing itself through the window. On the whimsical Official Video shot by Holly Pruner there are added sonics, street noise invasions from the miniature town shown. It is lovely and surreal.
To hear the track free of these cinematic indulgences (which I recommend) via spotify or other platforms is to feel fully embraced by the tenderness that "my little room" has to offer. Maryam has a way of constructing melodies that draw you fully into her moving lyrics. Against the urgency of the acoustic strumming, she pulls on words and the sustain saturated in bits of melancholia and wonder is absolutely gorgeous.
Alongside the video, poolblood has also announced a string of live dates in March, leading up to their anticipated appearance at SXSW.
"my little room" is from Poolblood's 2023 full length "mole".
-Robb Donker Curtius
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Poolblood, the musical nom-de-plume of Toronto’s Maryam Said, is an ethereal spirit of punk rock, swirling and dancing in the air with a collection of gorgeously orchestrated bedroom pop music. Raised in a religious household at arm’s length from popular music, they nonetheless found themselves drawn in by the music of Yusuf Islam (Cat Stevens), who left an indelible imprint on Said’s relationship to music and songwriting.
The results of their upbringing–time spent practicing chords in guitar class, learning about hardcore from friends after school and honing their songwriting as an early teen–is a winding path of melody, making stops along the way to dabble in everything from noise rock to lush and gorgeous pop hooks.
Drawing inspiration from wide array of artists; Fiona Apple, Nick Drake, Ichiko Aoba, Yuck, Title Fight, The Apples In Stereo, Mitski, Deftones and every stop in between, Poolblood is a pastiche of genres and styles working in blended harmony.
In Poolblood’s voice, stunning and comforting and vital as it is, we live in ease, a calming presence laid over a lifeline of fiendishly brilliant structures of songwriting. Poolblood is here as a halcyon guide through a world of their own creation, lush and dense and beautiful at one turn, sparse and tender and revelatory in others.
Poolblood is an intrepid explorer, not content to stay in one place for too long. With an undeniable ear for the building blocks of an unforgettable hit, Poolblood is an invitation to a journey, the offer of the expanse of a musical universe that is ever-expanding. As they grow, so too do we, intertwining melodies on a line that cleverly subverts the expectations of what’s next.
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https://open.spotify.com/artist/6TaXt2ECGxZ0MteLXaYsYs
https://www.instagram.com/poolblood.jpeg/
https://www.poolblood.com/
Poolblood, the musical nom-de-plume of Toronto’s Maryam Said, is an ethereal spirit of punk rock, swirling and dancing in the air with a collection of gorgeously orchestrated bedroom pop music. Raised in a religious household at arm’s length from popular music, they nonetheless found themselves drawn in by the music of Yusuf Islam (Cat Stevens), who left an indelible imprint on Said’s relationship to music and songwriting.
The results of their upbringing–time spent practicing chords in guitar class, learning about hardcore from friends after school and honing their songwriting as an early teen–is a winding path of melody, making stops along the way to dabble in everything from noise rock to lush and gorgeous pop hooks.
Drawing inspiration from wide array of artists; Fiona Apple, Nick Drake, Ichiko Aoba, Yuck, Title Fight, The Apples In Stereo, Mitski, Deftones and every stop in between, Poolblood is a pastiche of genres and styles working in blended harmony.
In Poolblood’s voice, stunning and comforting and vital as it is, we live in ease, a calming presence laid over a lifeline of fiendishly brilliant structures of songwriting. Poolblood is here as a halcyon guide through a world of their own creation, lush and dense and beautiful at one turn, sparse and tender and revelatory in others.
Poolblood is an intrepid explorer, not content to stay in one place for too long. With an undeniable ear for the building blocks of an unforgettable hit, Poolblood is an invitation to a journey, the offer of the expanse of a musical universe that is ever-expanding. As they grow, so too do we, intertwining melodies on a line that cleverly subverts the expectations of what’s next.
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