EXZENYA - Intermittent Love
An outerbody experience. The latest release, "Intermittent Love" by EXZENYA, is exactly that. Imagine yourself in your dimly lit apartment, deleting old messages and reliving those good times. A late-night headspace where you wish to scream and console yourself at the same time. The neo-soul track with experimental electronic elements mirrors the loops of your mind: soft, then glitchy. Suddenly, you feel exposed one moment and then blurred the second. What stands out about the record is specifically the vocal delivery. The voice is controlled, to some extent, sultry, and very emotionally direct. These characteristics are also specific to alternative R&B. The song also plays with different genres this way, something on brand with EXZENYA. The instrumentation is very punchy. One hears glitchy percussion in places with vocal chops. There are also stuttered samples that veer into experimental electronica. The track also has a stark modern mix vibe to it, no haze, no lush reverb clouds. Everything sounds precise and sculpted. The percussion used on the track is minimal. The beats never feel locked to a tight grid. Some kicks and snares are intentionally late or early, giving it a floating, unstable rhythm. As the beats speak of an energetic tale of loss, the lyrics reinforce that with words speaking of yearning: “Is this what it’slike when it's intermittent love…” “Tell me why… why did you do what you had done?” The track is a perfect fit for a movie like The Lost Daughter (2021). Think of the scene where Olivia Colman’s character stares at the sea, feeling everything and nothing at once.
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