{"id":6227,"date":"2023-11-24T09:04:47","date_gmt":"2023-11-24T09:04:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/platinummind.net\/?p=6227"},"modified":"2023-11-24T09:04:48","modified_gmt":"2023-11-24T09:04:48","slug":"ep-review-modern-artifice-freyja-elsy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/platinummind.net\/index.php\/2023\/11\/24\/ep-review-modern-artifice-freyja-elsy\/","title":{"rendered":"EP Review: &#8220;Modern Artifice&#8221; &#8211; Freyja Elsy"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<iframe style=\"border-radius:12px\" src=\"https:\/\/open.spotify.com\/embed\/album\/6GdgjG3BILKMIwnlEfMMD6?utm_source=generator\" width=\"100%\" height=\"352\" frameBorder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"\" allow=\"autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; fullscreen; picture-in-picture\" loading=\"lazy\"><\/iframe>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/platinummind.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/image-1-1024x1024.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-6229\" srcset=\"https:\/\/platinummind.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/image-1-1024x1024.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/platinummind.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/image-1-300x300.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/platinummind.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/image-1-150x150.jpeg 150w, https:\/\/platinummind.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/image-1-768x768.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/platinummind.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/image-1-1536x1536.jpeg 1536w, https:\/\/platinummind.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/image-1-2048x2048.jpeg 2048w, https:\/\/platinummind.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/image-1-435x435.jpeg 435w, https:\/\/platinummind.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/image-1-60x60.jpeg 60w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n<p>Freyja is here and she\u2019s brought four stunning tracks!<\/p>\n<p>Let\u2019s get into it.<\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>Sad Girls<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>This track opens up with ethereal sounds, bells and what sounds like an arpeggiated muted guitar. The drums are quite complex once they get going &#8211; hi hats switching between 8th note rhythms to 32nd rhythms, the rim shot playing an off beat that wouldn\u2019t sound out of place on an afro beat groove.<\/p>\n<p>Freyja\u2019s vocals are strong, and that\u2019s what got me invested in this track, they sit so comfortably within the production of this and it\u2019s\u2026<\/p>\n<p>Well\u2026<\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s definitely my favourite track on the EP and I haven\u2019t got past this track yet!<\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s all about getting past barriers &#8211; this is the evidence is in the opening line:<\/p>\n<p>\u201cImagine the mountains I\u2019ll move when I find my own peace of mind.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Yeah that speaks solidly to me.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<ol start=\"2\">\n<li>Over It<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>This is slightly slower in tempo, but that doesn\u2019t mean the kick isn\u2019t harder. The synth bass nudges in just like a little tick. Freyja\u2019s vocals are used to great effect here, I\u2019m not sure but I hear her going oooh in a falling note as if it\u2019s being pitch bent, it sounds like a synth but it might not be it may be her vocals being sampled which is already something going on here. In fact the more I listen to it the more I\u2019m sure this is the case because you hear Freyja\u2019s voice being pitched down at 2:17, with the technology of today you can use all kinds of things to turn them into a different instrument and this is done so well on this track. At 3:20 it all changes becoming a little more EDM but still with that chill vibe in the background. The outro\u2019s got me invested!<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Another contender for the best track on the EP.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<ol start=\"3\">\n<li>Limerence<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>Change of time signature now, this is 6\/8 and I love the appearance of the synth organ on this\u2026.<\/p>\n<p>I need to look up the meaning of Limerence.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Hold on.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Limerence describes the experience of having an uncontrollable desire for someone \u2013 an obsession that consumes the limerent person&#8217;s thoughts, feelings, and behaviours. It usually involves two people: the person who desires the other (the limerent) and the desired person (the limerence object or LO).\u201d<\/p>\n<p>I have never come across this word before and I love it!<\/p>\n<p>The sounds on this EP as a whole has really got me wondering if Freyja has a fondness for sound design because the way this Is put together it could fit so well in a soundtrack.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p>I also like the words of the second verse, it\u2019s hard to be able to express how you feel to the object of your desire at the best of times but I connect with this:<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p>\u201cLights guide my way to you,<\/p>\n<p>Hands shaking as I cross the room,<\/p>\n<p>Embers in your eyes,<\/p>\n<p>Reflecting the ache of my\u201d<\/p>\n<p>&lt;Straight into chorus&gt;<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHeart<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Let flames brea through,<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Cause I want to know you.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The transition from verse to chorus, there\u2019s no break and it works so well!<\/p>\n<p>Quality arranging here.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<ol start=\"4\">\n<li>Salem<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>We are treated to some quality drums in the intro here, but also there is the addition of strings here giving it more atmosphere, and an emotional uplift. Freyja\u2019s vocals sound wistful here. Is this in reference to the Salem witch trials?<\/p>\n<p>Being a woman in that period of history wasn\u2019t exactly the easiest thing, but it also deals with being a woman today, and while it\u2019s subtle nowadays it\u2019s still very evident it\u2019s not easy. Freyja is probably very aware of this being not only an artist but a self taught producer a role that\u2019s been traditionally seen as a male dominated role. Having listened to this EP several times over Freyja smashes the need for there to be a distinction as she\u2019s done a fine job on this.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p>All in all, a fantastic project not one weak track on this.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Freyja Elsy is an independent singer songwriter and composer based in Cardiff, Wales. Classically trained from a young age and continuing her music education at university, Freyja\u2019s music takes influence from orchestral &amp; chamber sounds and from electronic, folktronica and synthpop artists such as AURORA, Massive Attack and The Naked and Famous. Incorporating both pop technique and classical influence under her own momentum and direction, she has released three well received singles &#8211; \u2018Lungs\u2019 in April 2021, \u2018Requiem\u2019 in May 2022 and \u2018Golden Hour\u2019 in October 2022.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Freyja is here and she\u2019s brought four stunning tracks! Let\u2019s get into it. Sad Girls This track opens up with ethereal sounds, bells and what sounds like an arpeggiated muted guitar. The drums are quite complex once they get going &#8211; hi hats switching between 8th note rhythms to 32nd rhythms, the rim shot playing &hellip; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":6229,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[191,118,146,229,40,129,174,52,31,132,30,37,180,149,142,73,150,81,183,162,126,203],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-6227","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-alternative","category-bass","category-classical-music","category-composer","category-dance","category-drums","category-electronica","category-guitar","category-keyboards","category-lyricist","category-music","category-piano","category-pop","category-pop-music","category-producer","category-singer-songwriter","category-songwriter","category-strings","category-synthesizers","category-uk","category-vocals","category-wales"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/platinummind.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6227","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/platinummind.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/platinummind.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/platinummind.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/platinummind.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6227"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/platinummind.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6227\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6230,"href":"https:\/\/platinummind.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6227\/revisions\/6230"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/platinummind.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/6229"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/platinummind.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6227"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/platinummind.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6227"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/platinummind.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6227"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}