Brand new EP from Elly Kace

Brooklyn-based singer and composer Elly Kace pairs classical disciplines with pop-focused writing to craft a sound that’s entirely her own. Having started her career as an opera singer, her musical vision shifted during the pandemic, choosing instead to explore the vast creative potential of composition and production.

With her incredible voice, layered with electronic effects and supported by a mix of synths, drums and sound-healing instruments, she’s forged a baroque pop sound that stands at the crossroads between the classical and modern worlds. Unveiling the latest chapter in her musical story in 2021, she released her debut single under her own name with “Are you ready?” quickly followed by singles two and three before her debut full-length record, Nothing I see means anything, arrived later that year.

Since then, she’s delivered an incredible catalogue of work across multiple singles, EPs and albums including last year’s LP, Object Permanence, which channeled grief and loss into something profoundly healing. Bringing us her latest release with the brand new EP titled if i ask enough could you love me, she explores her experiences as a classically trained musician and a recovering perfectionist into a compelling new work.

“If I ask enough could you love me? is a real question I accidentally ask others all day every day,” she admits. The music is built on her personal struggle against social conditioning that stifles individuality and creativity, framing themes of scarcity, self-worth and liberation through lush sonic landscapes that and powerfully honest songwriting.

The EP opens with “prelude (i did my best),” a track born from Elly’s fear of abandonment and feelings of inadequacy. The lyrics, simple yet powerful, affirm, “I did my best,” delivered by her warm vocals which float above an intricate, emotionally charged production, blending intensity with a sense of solace. Brought in by a kaleidoscopic blend of instrumental flourishes and rattling percussive elements, the song presents an avant-garde soundscape of shifting rhythms and overlapping melodies, resulting in a gripping, experimental folk pop sound unlike anything else.

“if i ask” was inspired by a group of teenage girls taking selfies by a lake, exploring the human impulse to capture fleeting beauty. The track builds from hushed vocals and whispers of instrumental textures to set up an expansive musical voyage that gradually swells with lush strings and steady drums to craft a dazzling finale. With “Enough,” channels the self-doubt accompanying her healing process into an enthralling sound of layered vocalisations and dashes of strings, rumbling percussion, bright trumpets and theatrical aesthetic as blissful vocal leads drift through moments of dreamy fabric and lively instrumental energy.

“could you love me,” softens the EP’s intensity with a lilting, lullaby-esque sound where her elegant vocals hover above gentle instrumental tones and mellow rhythms, offering a subtly buoyant sound that’s memorable and meaningful in equal measure. Closing the EP with “i wish you were different” featuring New York artists Aaron Edgcomb on percussion and Darian Donovan Thomas on violin, playful marimba and textured strings combine are wrapped in a dreamlike arrangement to allow Elly’s poignant songwriting and graceful vocal performance to shine in a stripped back and intimate setting to offer a charming finale to Elly Kace’s sensational new EP.

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