Victoria Finehout-Vigil – Lately (2022)
Victoria Finehout-Vigil filled us with a longing for forbidden fruit and the need to overcome this desire in her powerful single ‘Swallow’. She continues to tap into the highs and lows of attraction and desire with ‘Lately’. A wonderfully cinematic single, it has listeners diving into the angst of unrequited love through slow-build melodics and explosive hooks.
The emotionally driven single blurs the lines between romantic pop-rock ballads and emotive indie tracks that hit you directly in the chest. The unique flavour of the music leaves you soaking up her musical prowess, while feeling the emotions of the track as if they were your own. As powerful as her last release, the journey through euphoria and darkness is stunning.
Finehout-Vigil’s vocals open ‘Lately’ with a tender call that invokes the emotive power of indie music. Her voice seems to call to you from a distance, reaching across the vast expanse of the soundscape, to beckon you closer for a gentle embrace. The tenderness of her performance taps into the highs of the attraction before you crash into the lows on the chorus and the crying rise of her performance. Her dynamic performance perfectly brings the ups and downs of emotions to life as she has you feeling the undeniable draw of attraction, only to hit you in the chest with the darker and harder side of this. It is a very unique movement that really showcases the power of her musicality, while highlighting her command of emotive flows. From the crashing of the chorus, she dips into an expansive flow of calming waters, only for her voice to rise on delicate wings and then crash into the chorus. It is a stunning vocal performance that pulls you up to the heights, only to drop like a rollercoaster into the lows, leaving you with a feeling of being suspended in the air before everything hits all at once.
While her vocals are by far the element of the track that grabs the bulk of your attention, the foundation created by the melody is equally stunning. There is a slow build in the low levels of the opening that is so tender that you might miss it as you are drawn to the vocals. As her performance moves toward the chorus, the melody rises with its own crash of instrumentation and sound, to enhance the cry of her voice. Following the first chorus, there is an almost earthy depth to the music as it reaches out into the expanse of calm waters and starts to bounce ripples off it. Each powerful movement of her vocals is backed by an equally stunning melodic movement.
Victoria Finehout-Vigil takes us on a rollercoaster of emotion through the highs and lows of attraction with the powerful vocal performance and melody of ‘Lately’. The single is a masterclass in the way melodies and vocals work together to sweep listeners off their feet. As her vocal performance draws you in, the power is bolstered by the dynamic movement of the music.
Find out more about Victoria Finehout-Vigil on her website, Instagram and Spotify.
