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GEORGIA MEEK Releases "Swim" & Announces New Forthcoming E.P
- by Yuliia Support Team Lead
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- 23 Jul, 2018
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Music | Review
North London’s Georgia Meek
and her new accomplice Katie Mac
have created an inviting, meditative environment that all music lovers of Alternative bands like Florence and The Machine would easily get lost in, with Meek’s newest track “Swim,” from the upcoming E.P “Womanhood.”
Beginning with synths which throw us back to the traditional Gaelic sounds of 80’s Enya, you know instantly that this will be a creepy, intense experience, and even more so after you are captivated by the controlled vibrato of the singer as she moves down the scale beautifully when singing “want to feel the breeze”
toward the end of the verse 1. The deep yet breathy, timid voices over a great chord structure performed using bass-like keyboard sounds creates an infectious darkness that reminds us of a cold, winter’s night as opposed to a warm, hot summer by the sea. Whether or not this was Georgia’s intention we don’t know, but what we do know is that ROUGH ONLINE
is in love with this emotive picture of a ghostly, “long lost love”
concept by an icy ocean.
Despite the soft, yet spot-on harmonies over very light drum programming in its chorus, which cleverly contradicts its’ empowering lyrics of verse 2 unexpectedly presents us with a heavier, live-sounding drum kit and a vocal tone reminiscent of Lamb’s Lou Rhodes, as she sings the dreamy lyrics “replacing all our oxygen with water don’t bother us.” The middle 8 section, Swim’s strongest, most captivating moment, reminds us of singers we have long forgotten about, because of the yodel-like quality with its’ breathy edge, and beautiful lifting, mezzo-soprano style that ROUGH ONLINE haven’t heard since The Cranberries’ 1994 single “Ode To My Family” and the 1997 song “Do What You Have To Do” by Sarah McLachlan. When the higher register of their well-suited vocals are hit with no hesitation you are immediately sent into the musical realms of Sinead O’Connor and London Grammar, making “Swim” an earthy, atmospheric, memorable piece of work, which has left ROUGH ONLINE curious as to what Georgia Meek’s upcoming E.P will musically deliver overall. It is the throwback to Heather Nova’s 1993 debut album “Glow Stars,” specifically the song “Frontier” that we needed to be put into a state of peace and relaxation.