If a songbird may write an instrumental melody and key into its concord, the natural euphony would resound with the identical fervour as Natalie Christie’s standout launch, Between the Traces, which tenderly tends to the roots of Americana with whispers of candy, dreamy reverie.
Relatively than solely traversing the tectonic plates of connection, Natalie Christie goes deeper, monitoring them throughout the material of her personal being to face in entrance of her viewers along with her mandolin strings on her sleeves. Few songs actually give us an thought of an artist’s true identification within the span of three minutes, however with Between the Traces, you turn out to be a witness to thoughts, aura and soul.
Natalie Christie writes like somebody with one foot in ancestral reminiscence and the opposite within the shifting current. Rooted in her American settler, Celtic, and Scandinavian lineage, her folks songs transfer like slow-burn vignettes from the perimeters of wildlands and candlelit rooms. The delicate harmonies and ethereal vocal layering in Between the Traces don’t simply recall time misplaced—they droop it.
The melancholia by no means weighs heavy; it brushes frivolously in opposition to themes of affection, reminiscence, and longing, refusing to commerce rawness for theatrics. In a observe this uncovered, there’s no veil to cover behind.
Between the Traces is now accessible to stream on all main platforms, together with SoundCloud.
Evaluate by Amelia Vandergast
