“I’ll find it like soft power”, Fazerdaze‘s Amelia Murray says knowingly at the start of this metamorphic journey through her musical mind. A long-awaited follow-up to her acclaimed 2017 debut Morningside, the Aotearoa artist broadens her lush sonic palette with heavier synths, electronics, and scuzzy rock touches, pushing the boundaries of her indie-pop while retaining the raw intimacy that defined her quietly brilliant earlier work.
In “A Thousand Years”, she confronts the passage of time, feeling “caught between the cracks.” She faces new experiences and personal growth while pulling away from a significant relationship in “Bigger”, and deals with the loss of youth in “Cherry Pie”.
It’s this delicate yet powerful balance of grappling with intense change — ultimately seeking compassion for herself — interwoven with her expanded “bedroom stadium” sound that allows Soft Power to strike with gentle force, like the warm glow of sunlight breaking through after a long, dark night, recharging your spirit and lighting the way forward.
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