With mystifying sound effects, synthesizer melodies, and a whisper of a voice, Emily Daccarett creates rippling soundscapes as soothing and engulfing as a warm bath. She simply recognizes how sound affects the mind and how it makes us feel, using it to her advangtage. Emily Daccarett offers this experience and much more when you deeply listen to her new EP Cannibal. It requires involvement in which listeners need to engage with the sound by surrendering to it completely.
Though the artist’s intention encourages a trip to space and back, her gorgeous vocals and sparkly keyboard sounds meet you halfway, high above the clouds. From steady beats, she gently peel offs and soars towards the sky. The opening track “Red Light (Opening)” begins low key with few note repetitions that roll with the asymmetry of an unhurried tumbleweed. On “Growin’ Addiction”, Emily’s voice arrives somewhere between a hum and a whisper, fluttering like a transmission from beyond. She uses her lithe maneuvers to build a space that feels restorative. The song itself is without friction, but the uncanny, bizarre gloss that fills its space is what makes it special.
“Cannibal” has more fuzzy keys and synths, and sees Emily gradually stretch out her vocals more. The song builds slowly from there, overlapping layers appearing and dissolving seamlessly. Her careful pace and refusal to succumb to instant gratification is a tonic against chaos, especially with today’s music. “Cannibal” also encourages freedom in the most literal sense: an awareness of one’s senses and taking deliberate pleasure in them. “Set Fire to the Fear” follows suit, but with stirring strings, melancholy fanfare, and a winking hint of self-awareness when it comes to matters of the heart. It wrings unaccountable amounts of nostalgia, sadness, and hope from its compelling lyrics.
The closer “Red Light- Reprise” one might suspect themes for an imaginary film, but this isn’t film music. Maybe there are few extractable moments because everything is interwoven; any time something is resolving, something else is taking shape. The effect is lush and orchestral, with rich melody notes in the piano and intimations of guitar, but also mystically steeped in ambient music’s eternal present. They emerge like fated events from the everyday seep and curl of passing time while long minutes pass away by dredging up vast, submerged chords. Nonetheless, each track on the EP is its own study in mystery, yet each is in communication with the others, like spirit mediums.
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