The basic emotional wreckage of a pop ballad will get a modern, modernist refit in Nissu’s single Recollections, the title observe of his debut EP. With tendrils of progressive home pop coiling round its core, the Dublin-based Brazilian artist doesn’t simply goal for influence—he ensures each beat, each observe, each rigorously curated swell of emotion lands with simple sincerity.
There’s a rawness to Recollections that refuses to be polished out by its shiny manufacturing. Nissu doesn’t sugar-coat the inevitable lows of life, however as an alternative acknowledges them as a needed passage to the type of euphoric highs that make all of it value enduring. With an intimately consoling vocal supply, he takes the fleeting nature of existence and spins it into one thing significant—as a result of, in the long run, it’s the moments we accumulate that outline us.
With Trey Vittetoe (Miley Cyrus, Katy Perry, Selena Gomez) on the manufacturing helm, Recollections finds itself in skilled palms, bridging up to date and nostalgic pop influences with seamless ease. The observe sits amongst an EP full of deeply private reflections, together with Connection, a pandemic-era tribute to resilience that includes a music video that celebrates LGBTQ+ unity, and Your self, an empowerment-driven collaboration with UK rapper Paigey Cakey.
Recollections is now out there on all main streaming platforms, together with Spotify.
Overview by Amelia Vandergast
