A poetically melodic display of dreamy pop and rock, The Other Side of hell is a heaven so delicate. is the debut EP from Heddy Edwards. Inspired to write music after a ten-year hiatus, Edwards uses serene synths, jangling guitars, and dynamic atmospheres while exploring the process of reconciling with adulthood mental health struggles.
We featured two album tracks in the past few months — the chillingly cinematic “The other side of town” and twangy, dreamy “Dreamcast” — and the rest of the EP continues to strut consistently strong songwriting with both hooky, replay-inducing allure and heartfelt vocal and lyrical power.
A riveting opener, “Black tunnel” opens with gorgeous washes of serene synths, met by glistening acoustic strums as Edwards’ magnetic vocal presence emerges. “There’s a crystal ball inside the walls that tells me what to do,” she lets out. An affecting vocal switch-up in the title-referencing sequence, emitting a spacious introspection, builds seamlessly back into a lovely array of jangling guitars and starry-eyed synths. Elsewhere, “Cinematic vision” conjures a late-night feeling in its rain-laden samples, soft initial acoustic strums, and contemplative vocal presence. “I could be the one you try to rely on,” Edwards’ vocals move enjoyably, arriving into a “make me see in cinematic vision” hook, delightful in its twangy guitar touches.
“Fever, can believe it” is another standout, newly released and described by Edwards as a “real-time epiphany about romantic love inspiring in oneself the courage to escape a suffocating home life, and a tumultuous interior life.” Old Hollywood movie inspiration combines with an artful lyrical narration as pulsing rhythms and lushly absorbing guitar lines, bolstered by a buzzing warmness as the wonderful chorus hits. All five tracks on The Other Side of hell is a heaven so delicate. fully immerse with excellent songwriting and melodic production.
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“Fever, can believe it” and other tracks featured this month can be streamed on the updating Obscure Sound’s ‘Emerging Singles’ Spotify playlist.
We discovered this release via MusoSoup.
