ESSIE JAIN – We Made This Ourselves
This, the first album by British expat Essie Jain, is sparse, dark and moving.
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With a striking voice and beautifully minimal guitar and piano playing, Jain crafts songs that carry the emotional weight of our best songwriters. File next to Low, Nick Drake and Elliott Smith.
ESSIE JAIN – The Inbetween
Essie Jain’s stunning new album, The Inbetween, attains a new highpoint for the songwriter, exploring the nuances of intimacy like she hasn’t before. The songs are direct and captivating in their honesty, and they serve to reflect the artful beauty that can result from periods of clarity.
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“I was in this space where things weren’t ready to take their next shape yet – in some ways it was a really beautiful experience, because you can’t force things and it nails you down, and in another, you can see the opening into the next chapter and you can’t reach it,” she says. Music serves as a means towards making sense of a situation, and Jain chose to name her record The Inbetween in order to highlight the ephemeral nature of the issues she addresses. The new album features an array of instruments Ð French horn, clarinet, Rhodes, cello, trumpet – but none are more central to the songs than Jain’s vocals, which remain the strident and captivating centerpiece of each composition.
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