Blending electronic production with classical training, The Heart of the Heart is the stunning debut album from Berlin-based Argentine artist Julieta Brur. Her luminous voice anchors an expansive palette of piano, vibrant synths, strings, and pulsating beats, shifting dynamically from intimate pop to orchestral grandeur.
“Before It’s Dark” opens the album with gorgeously harmonious vocal layers, immersing with free-flowing charm into a comforting reassurance: “it’s okay, not to know, not to see.” Mellow keys progress toward a glistening arpeggio as wordless vocal harmonizing comes into play, adorned by flourishes of dramatic synths. Right away, Brur shows a fantastic ability to craft both satisfying structural evolutions and lush atmospheric allure. The ensuing “Girls Night” struts a more infectious, vibrant electro-pop flair, aptly named for its danceable late-night charm as pulsing rhythms and glitzy synths drive into a “it’s a Saturday night, nothing is impossible” carpe-diem enjoyment.
“Japanese Technique” continues a very impressive start, dynamically — here embracing a piano-set balladry initially, and evolving to a delectably moody range of synth work, alongside lyrical laments of losing oneself. The “too far away” momentum is especially compelling, delivering a hooky emotiveness with shades of Kate Bush. The rest of the album continues to delight as well in its excellent songwriting, from the trip-hop warmness of “We Were Only Drafting” to the string-touched beauty of finale “Everything.” The Heart of the Heart is an enveloping full-length success from Julieta Brur.
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“Japanese Technique” 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.
