MUSIC REVIEW: Are you an early bird, or a night owl?

Dark synth pop’s next Bjork, Ariana and the rose, will make you dance until dawn with her latest track Night owl.

 

SOFTLY,

the whispers of a siren wake you,

Every

note

Clinging to the air

Circling round your head

Seducing your ears

Until they rouse you

up from your depressed

slumber,

 

In the middle of the night

 

light, and unwavering,

the siren’s voice begins to

Drift

To you

Leading you

across the room

lifting your heavy body with its delicate

Call

Up, up, up, and across to a

Bright

Window,

 

It’s dark outside –

too dark for you

to even see

the crowd of people,

That has been

buzzing like flies,

swarming

Just

Outside

From

Your self-made

Prison

 

 

Like silk,

each note seems to hug and hold

your skin,

Moving your arms

In a dance

Beckoning you to

Break the window open

And let the outside in

 

The voice, like a beacon

In this bleak

Abiss

Casts its

string

of

words

Out

of

the

window

Sill

The

freedom

in

Your

Hands

Streaming

down

the

walls

like

your

tears

Down

down

down

to the world below

 

As the words trickle

And rope of lyrics fall

Thin

and

robotic

A new voice grabs on

Climbing up the string of words

Marrying the sirens’ call

joining this a capella party

Reminding

you

To stop dancing

On

Your

Own

 

the texture is oozing

With each new sound

that

climbs

Up

The

Rope

Out from the window, and into your home

That was once filled with solitude, So much so, that out spills

 

A far-off drone

 

One that electrifies

Your bones

Making you click

You fingers

To the moving tone

 

You can

feel it

In

Your

soul

 

Swiftly you shoot up, Tall,

To stand strong and brave,

Cementing your feet in the

ground of steady beats, As

more instruments start to arrive,

 

Each now knocking at the

Door

Desperate to be let in

Until they can wait

No

More

Drums

Charging at the walls

And

climbing in a

Cadence

Through the window to you

As the chorus hits

 

Pixels –

Ah they’re

filling your eyes

Headrush hits you as

Each electric beat flurries to

your brain leaving you dizzy with

energy urging you to dance despite the

night and its darkness that commanded this

once empty shallow home of isolation and fear

 

And don’t it feel good

 

Don’t it feel good

Letting the

Funky slapping bass

Complete with cheerful chirping synths

Break through your dark mind

Bringing light to your eyes

Your ears your face

With this

This celebratory cadence

Confetti collage

Of electronic excellence

And bursting sounds

That were found sparkling once before

Within a lonely star

 

Dont it feel good

Letting these empowering vocal notes

And glistening synths

Circle round you

 

Don’t it feel good

So good you can’t bare to sit down

You have to keep dancing

Dancing forever

Long past the dawn

Forever

Forever

 

This is what the musical charts have been looking for

this is what popular music has been missing

Minus the often drab

High school level choreography

Somewhat

limp lacklustre, and lifeless,

unfortunately

Littered

Across the club bop’s

Tumblr style

aesthetic moodboard

Music video

 

But

 

This is what popular music aspires to be,

With a chorus that bursts, like a raving discotheque club,

with a voice that is drenched in illuminating electricity

With verses thst keep us wanting more, more, more

This is perfection,

 

Ariana and The Rose has created the tale of

a shy teen, breaking away from their isolation, depression and solitude,

Instead finding themselves glowing as a sudden confidence beats from their heart

And they let the outside world in,

And learn to stand on their own two feet, have confidence, and dance, dance, dance,

With such an inspiring message, you would think the music should take a back seat

And instead each word should be held up by acoustic guitars, and thin watery textures,

But no, not for this gorgeous club ready track,

As the wonderful songstress has created not only a poignant string of lyrics

But an incredibly enlightening musical masterpiece too

One that mirrors each word she sings

And truly does force us all to dance

 

So once again i say

wonderful work

And I very much look forward

To the next infectious tune,