Aïda Mekonnen Caby debuts with “The Glow,” a softly smoldering indie folks reverie that captures love, longing, and the quiet magic of a second suspended in time.
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Did you discover god, then rattling your luck? It have to be onerous to really feel that love…
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Tright here’s one thing magnetic a couple of second so pure, it burns into your reminiscence like daylight on pores and skin.
That’s the sensation Aïda Mekonnen Caby captures in her solo debut “The Glow,” a lush, softly seductive indie folks reverie that shimmers with heat, vulnerability, and emotional depth. Swirls of guitar encircle the ears, lilting piano keys ring out into the space, and Caby’s voice – shut, unguarded, and unfiltered – lands like a breath towards the mic. It’s the sound of presence; of discovery; of give up. The New York Metropolis native come to life in a tune that doesn’t simply replicate on love, however embodies it – wrapping listeners in a heady, heart-swelling form of intimacy that lingers lengthy after the ultimate notice fades.
With tender conviction and enchanting grace, Caby delivers a musical daydream manifest in sound – and in doing so, introduces herself as a voice value holding shut.
I really feel the glow,
your neon soul
It makes me entire,
after I get low
Fjaðrárgljúfur
Fjaðrárgljúfur
Atwood Journal is proud to be premiering “The Glow,” the breathtaking, achingly stunning debut single from Brittany, France-based singer/songwriter Aïda Mekonnen Caby. Launched July 16th, the monitor arrives because the lead single off Caby’s debut solo album Mais Uma, out August 29th by way of Mtn Laurel Recording Co.
Whereas that is her first launch underneath her personal identify, Caby is not any stranger to the music world: She beforehand performed within the bands Ceaselessly Honey and Work Spouse, the latter of which launched her to TOLEDO – the Brooklyn indie duo who produced her album and have not too long ago been featured on Atwood for their very own beautiful EP, Inertia. With Mais Uma, Caby steps into the highlight as a solo artist for the primary time, buying and selling band dynamics for a diaristic, gently cinematic sound that’s wholly her personal.
As her first solo single, “The Glow” introduces not solely Caby’s soul-stirring folk-laced sound, but additionally the heartfelt storytelling and emotional imprint on the core of her burgeoning artistry.
“This is among the first songs I wrote for the album, and the primary tune I recorded for it too,” Caby tells Atwood Journal.
“I’d at all times suspected it could be one thing I do alone, because it form of marked a turning level in my life. I’d written it a couple of highway journey my accomplice and I had taken round Iceland very quickly after we’d met. I attempted to make the lyrics and instrumental sound like the sensation I’d had once we had stopped off at a canyon whose identify is the poorly pronounced chorus of the tune: Fjaðrárgljúfur.”
That phrase – Fjaðrárgljúfur – turns into each anchor and chorus, haunting the monitor’s refrain like a reminiscence you may’t fairly shake. “I really feel the glow, your neon soul / It makes me entire, after I get low,” Caby sings, her voice delicate and deliberate. There’s a vulnerability right here that’s quietly consuming: She’s not attempting to impress; she’s inviting us into the second.
“The Glow” finds Caby reflecting on what was on the time a really new relationship together with her accomplice, all of the whereas ensconced in Fjaðrárgljúfur’s breathtaking pure vistas and splendor.
“We jokingly check with that highway journey we took as our second date as a result of we’d solely seen one another for the three weeks that I’d spent on trip in Porto simply two months prior, and this was the primary time we’d seen one another since then,” she explains. “The lyrics form of replicate this heat and security I’d felt from this new relationship that I used to be very enthusiastic about, and the landscapes I’d seen that had actually shifted my considering and headspace, when at dwelling I’d been feeling fairly caught and unmotivated.”
She continues, “The second verse is form of an exaggeration of my internal dialogue that tends to get a little bit paranoid and skittish when issues appear ‘too good.’” That’s the place strains like “Did you discover god, then rattling your luck? / It have to be onerous to really feel that love” come into play – existential questions rendered in fragile melody, tracing the sharp fringe of worry and awe that comes with falling onerous.
There’s magnificence in how “The Glow” units the tone for what’s to return. Because the album opener and its emotional spark, the monitor is a mirrored image of the modifications – and the braveness – that formed Mais Uma.
“It simply displays the start of part of my life that the album additionally represents,” Caby shares. “This tune and what triggered me to write down it is usually what triggered me to maneuver to Portugal after which France, and likewise triggered the entire songs that I’d written and recorded in these locations within the final two years. ‘The Glow’ and actually all of Mais Uma confirms what I already knew, which is that I’m simpler at speaking by means of tune than anything… talking, texting, emailing, no matter.”
For Caby, these songs started as sketches from her time residing overseas – a soundtrack to the loneliness and studying that comes from constructing a life in a brand new language, in a brand new place, with a brand new love.
“If anybody that’s listening has ever been someplace unfamiliar, tried to be taught a brand new language or two, or has ever felt homesick, this album might be for you,” she smiles.
Working with Daniel Alvarez de Toledo and Jordan Dunn-Pilz of TOLEDO, she discovered a studio dwelling that nurtured her sound with out crowding it, preserving the rawness and spirit of her authentic demos.
“They actually fostered a way of playfulness and openness which I believe I hadn’t actually skilled within the studio earlier than,” she says. “I actually beloved their working type, and so they have such an incredible ear for harmonies and are very up for something, which I believe actually drew me in.”
With its glowing melodies and gorgeously glacial textures, “The Glow” doesn’t simply announce Aïda Mekonnen Caby – it invitations us to pause and really feel alongside her.
That is music for the introspective moments; for lovers and wanderers, for dreamers and people nonetheless figuring all of it out.
Let this tune maintain you in its quiet gentle.
Mais Uma is out August 29th by way of Mtn Laurel Recording Co. Watch the “The Glow” music video beneath, and keep tuned for extra from Aïda Mekonnen Caby within the weeks to return! And in the event you can’t pronounce Fjaðrárgljúfur, don’t fear – you’ll really feel it simply fantastic. The phrase would possibly journey up your tongue, however this tune will go straight to your coronary heart.
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A CONVERSATION WITH AÏDA MEKONNEN CABY
Atwood Journal: Aïda, whats up and thanks to your time! For individuals who are simply discovering you as we speak by means of this writeup, what would you like them to find out about you and your music?
Aïda Mekonnen Caby: Hello! I suppose I’d need folks to know that these songs imply loads to me, and if anybody that’s listening has ever been someplace unfamiliar, tried to be taught a brand new language or two, or has ever felt homesick, this album might be for you. I used to be additionally writing and demo-ing these songs whereas I used to be courting, engaged to, and married my husband – so there’s a whole lot of pleasure in there too!
You’ve beforehand been part of the bands Ceaselessly Honey and Work Spouse; what lastly impressed you to “step out onto the stage” as a solo artist?
Aïda Mekonnen Caby: Being in bands with a few of my finest pals was completely essential for me. Having the belief and respect of my actually proficient band mates gave me the sensation that songwriting and making a report alone was one thing I used to be able to doing, so it didn’t really feel like a loopy stretch to go for it. One other catalyst was that I’d mainly left New York and moved to Portugal in form of a rush, and all of a sudden actually had a whole lot of time on my arms that I hadn’t had earlier than – I used to be writing far more music than I’d executed within the years earlier.
Who’re a few of your inventive and musical north stars? What are your hopes and goals to your solo challenge as you go public with it as we speak?
Aïda Mekonnen Caby: The artists I’ve been going again to loads the previous few years are PJ Harvey, Björk (Debut and Homogenic have been on repeat A LOT), Nina Simone, Elliott Smith and Paolo Conte. It’s my largest hope that individuals have the time to take heed to the entire songs on the report – it’s solely about 9 songs, so it’s digestible sufficient – and I hope the songs are capable of have a lifetime of their very own. It’d even be good to play some reveals, too.
It’s my largest hope that individuals have the time to take heed to the entire songs on the report… and I hope the songs are capable of have a lifetime of their very own.
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So far as introductions are involved, “The Glow” is a very stunning debut. Why break the ice with this tune specifically? What makes it particular, for you?
Aïda Mekonnen Caby: “The Glow” is the primary tune from the album that I wrote, and it form of planted the thought in my head that perhaps I’d need to do an album alone. I’d written it virtually instantly after I’d gotten again from a highway journey round Iceland with my accomplice, and there was a canyon that we had stopped off at referred to as Fjaðrárgljúfur that simply caught with me – that second was form of crystallized in my mind and the phrases and chords actually got here out of considering of that place. A lot in order that I made “Fjaðrárgljúfur” the chorus of the tune, albeit extremely mispronounced on my half.
You recorded and produced these songs with Dan and Jordan of TOLEDO. I am huge followers of them and their work, and I might like to understand how you bought acquainted, and what made them proper for the job?
Aïda Mekonnen Caby: I met them whereas Meredith was engaged on the primary Work Spouse EP just a few years in the past – they had been producing and engineering it, and I used to be there to play some guitar on it. I actually beloved their working type, and so they have such an incredible ear for harmonies and are very up for something, which I believe actually drew me in. Afterward, I’d felt that if I used to be ever going to begin engaged on songs of my very own, I’d need to work with them. They actually fostered a way of playfulness and openness which I believe I hadn’t actually skilled within the studio earlier than.
What is the story behind your tune “The Glow”?
Aïda Mekonnen Caby: “The Glow” was written about my accomplice and Fjaðrárgljúfur in Iceland. We jokingly check with that highway journey we took as our second date as a result of we’d solely seen one another for the three weeks that I’d spent on trip in Porto simply two months prior, and this was the primary time we’d seen one another since then. And the lyrics form of replicate this heat and security I’d felt from this new relationship that I used to be very enthusiastic about, and the landscapes I’d seen that had actually shifted my considering and headspace, when at dwelling I’d been feeling fairly caught and unmotivated. The second verse is form of an exaggeration of my internal dialogue that tends to get a little bit paranoid and skittish when issues appear “too good.”
You’ve talked about the way you wrote this tune a couple of highway journey you and your accomplice took to Iceland; what’s this tune about, for you personally?
Aïda Mekonnen Caby: I discussed it earlier than, but it surely’s in regards to the reduction in being someplace particular with somebody particular and feeling very content material and comfy with EVERYTHING.
How does this monitor match into the general narrative of your upcoming debut album, Mais Uma? And what do you hope listeners take away from “The Glow,” and what have you ever taken away from creating it and now placing it out?
Aïda Mekonnen Caby: As my first single and the opening tune of Mais Uma, it simply displays the start of part of my life that the album additionally represents. This tune and what triggered me to write down it is usually what triggered me to maneuver to Portugal after which France, and likewise triggered the entire songs that I’d written and recorded in these locations within the final two years. “The Glow” and actually all of Mais Uma confirms what I already knew, which is that I’m simpler at speaking by means of tune than anything… talking, texting, emailing, no matter.
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