Brie Spaulding – Alibi (2021)
With ‘Flowers for the Dead’, Brie Spaulding filled us with melancholy before helping us work through the sadness. The movement from dark to light that filled her the single shines through with her latest ‘Alibi’. Written following the breakdown of a close relationship, she brings a stab of pain and loss before progressing through the range of emotions that follow.
Exploring the resentment, hurt and guilt that comes with relationship breakdowns, she traverses the path of closure. With a stunning level of authenticity, Spaulding layers the single to bring the waves of emotion to life. Rewriting the single three times before she was happy with the emotional impact, she brings an amazing vulnerability to listeners’ ears.
Spaulding’s vocals whisper against your ear to draw you into ‘Alibi’. There is a delightful depth to her opening vocals as the lyrics touch on an uncertainty that many have felt. Her voice is steeped in a bone-deep pain that stabs at your chest. There is a feeling of being lost that shines in her voice before you are hit with the real power of her vocals. She is able to infuse so much emotion into each word that she effortlessly takes you on the emotional journey of the track whether you have felt the same or not. While there is a lot of pain, hurt and despair in the single, she takes pain-filled steps to closure and overcoming the bitterness that these emotions can bring.
Spaulding’s vocals are the star of the show while the melody is there is bolster the emotions she brings. The light piano line enhances the pain in her performance while the lower beats pull at your heart. The wooden taps of the melody bring a feeling of hollowness that works perfectly with the despair of the vocals. As she moves toward a lighter path, there are pattering notes that gently urge you forward.
Brie Spaulding effortlessly moves you from pain and despair to the light path of comfort and closure in ‘Alibi’. Her vocals are really the star of the track as she infuses each emotion into the words and has them stabbing at your chest. The melody bolsters the emotional movements and the lighting of the path to happiness.
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