Kyle Chatham will write you a story with minimal disruption. He seeks the essence in music-the notes and letters that make up the lyrics. The meaning of singer-songwriter changes meaning with certain musicians. This man is one of them. This is his latest EP of the same name, Heirloom.
It has been very long since I’ve heard such a well tailored set of tones for a song. With the delicate topics he touches through the song, the minimal atmosphere created is almost disillusioning. There is a crafted care in how he executes the lyrics as well, while we transition in creamy smoothness. Time seems to slip like the sands in an hourglass. When just the piano comes in with his vocals, the seconds seem to suspend against gravity. The delicate filigree work that his song is a slice of heaven, close to 5 minutes of it. Once you come back to the surface, you realise that you were submerged so eloquently-the music swells around you gently. Kyle Chatham wishes to take you on a curated museum tour, and what is behind glass is as delicate as memory itself. Refreshing, emotional and superbly crafted.
Kyle Chatham steps into heaven
After the liminal reverie that was the title track, the second picks up some pace. The notations are still gentle, heavenly. The percussions connect to you some solid ground, while the instruments keep floating. One of a Kind has a unique sound register, warm yet explorative. The dreamy sound stitches into You’re My Only Friend. It is almost like a ballad written as a journal. The beat is steady, yet the chord changes blend into the ripples. Kyle Chatham brings cognizance as a musician in his final single for the EP, Self-Portrait. It has some of the most charming chord changes I’ve experienced in a song. For someone who is heavily inspired by Chris Cornell, he seems to take vocal and musical range to another level.
Overall, with this acoustic rendition sphere, Kyle Chatham paints a picture with coloured highlights, things that build his musical heritage. It is a treat to hear and experience. A resin cased fossil form of perfection. I would love to hear this in The Judge (2014). Though the movie was primarily composed using indie artists like Bon Iver, the relationship can be expressed much better with this song. His EP is chock-full of emotional songs like this-like incubation in a dark sauna. You might come out a different person. Follow him for more spectacular music like this!