Anvie Kay
Star Rating: ★★★
Up and coming Miss Emma Stevens has hit the airwaves with her brand new album ‘Enchanted‘. Her recent single, Riptide‘has been well received, setting a great platform for this latest release.
Riptide, is a fun-loving song that has listeners swimming in a sea of love. Living up to its name, it’s a song that gets you going and really pulls you in as you listen to the rest of the album. As A Place Called You begins, there a hint of playfulness that sounds like a good advert. Its childish tunes continues the light-hearted mood from the first track.
By the time (Teach Me To Breathe) Underwater, a slower and darker track, hits the speakers, the piano-based song leaves you breathless. Living up to the album’s title, the enchanting element is truly heard in this song. It has a lullaby-like nature that leaves you captured from start to finish. Sunflower, an acoustic-based track, continues the slow tempo as it paints a beautiful landscape of something nostalgic.
Give A Little Bit has the tempo kicking back in as it encourages listeners to make the world a better place. The childish playfulness returns to balance the serious message – teaching us that there truly is no age limit when it comes to making the world a better place! Once follows in suit as a fun, upbeat love song with a cheeky way of saying that you can find the one – even if you’re a little sceptical.
Slowing things down again, Dreaming Trees follows through with excellent dynamics between vocals and strings, giving the track a haunting feel – again living up to the title of the album.
As the album starts to come to a close, Stevens takes her listeners on a rollercoaster of high-energy tunes, to plummeting – yet exhilarating – slow tunes. This Is For You is a great fun track with an amazing drum beat. But as Party Girl hits the scene, it slows the ride down to contemplate the rhythms of life, as well as question whether the rhythm of the party life is worth it all. By the time What’s She Got comes along and asks why a guy would stay with a girl who doesn’t love him, the tempo is turned up a notch once more. Lazy lives up to its title as it talks about kicking back and removing yourself from the business of life. Then the roller coaster closes with, How To Write A Love Song, a slow song that is pretty much about writing a love song.
Hey Summer! closes the album as a “chill song” to get you into the holiday vibes.
Overall, this album is a great balance of delicate tracks and sing along tunes. It’s one you can have in the car or in the living room. It truly is an enchanting record.
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