Artist : SYML
Album : SYML
Year : 2019
Genre : Pop
Source : CDR
Label : Nettwerk Music Group
Catalog :
Rls.Date : 2019-06-20
Encoder : FLAC 1.3.1
Quality : 44.1kHz, 2 channels
Size : 276.5MB
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1. Clean Eyes 3:04
2. Wildfire 3:49
3. Bed 4:00
4. Where's My Love 3:22
5. Break Free 3:16
6. Animal 4:07
7. The Bird 4:34
8. Girl 3:32
9. Connor 4:58
10. WDWGILY 3:38
11. Everything All At Once 5:10
12. Before You Knew It was Me 3:12
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Seattle-based artist Brian Fennell takes his recording alias from the Welsh
word ôsyml,ö which translates to ôsimple.ö And certainly, youÆd be
hard-pressed to find a more direct, forthright rumination on desire,
loneliness, and loss than his self-titled debut album as SYML. But if Fennell
is the sort of songwriter who favors blunt, visceral language to convey his
inner turmoil (ôMy head is a room and the roomÆs full of broken glass,ö he
offers by way of introduction), as a producer, heÆs a far more enigmatic and
elusive character. As he established in his previous band, Barcelonaùand
reaffirms with SYMLÆs calling-card single ôWhereÆs My LoveöùFennell orbits
the intersection of R&B minimalism, indie-pop intimacy, and electronic
experimentation occupied by the likes of James Blake and Justin Vernon. But
the thrill of this record is that you never know which direction heÆs going
to veer. Though the heart-racing synth-pop of ôClean Eyesö and the frisky
electro-funk of ôBreak Freeö betray his crowd-pleasing ambitions early on,
Fennell gradually steers the record toward atmospheric oddities like
ôWDWGILY,ö which spins a repeated ominous phrase (ôWhere did we go?/I love
youö) into a disorienting future-soul swirl that conjures the mental fog of a
post-breakup hangover.