Paris-based artist Ethel has today shared her debut EP, ‘The Burden Of Fever Dreams’, out via +1 Records.
Across its five tracks, including ska-inflected focus track ‘WANNAGO?’, and previously-released single ‘Passing Ships’, Ethel conjures vivid dreamlike states with impressionistic fragments of teased-out emotions. There’s a languid, lulling quality to ‘The Burden Of Fever Dreams’, with Ethel documenting her anxieties over minimalist beats co-produced with Banshee The Great, known for his work with Pop Smoke, Isaiah Rashad, and Lil Uzi Vert and others.
Speaking about the release, Ethel says: “All the songs from this EP are tainted with the fears and insecurities that invade my daily life and sometimes make me dissociate from reality. This resonated with the experience of fever dreams and how as the body changes its temperature you start reaching other levels of consciousness. ‘WANNAGO?’ calls on that feeling, punctuated with whispered, warped ad libs to create a dreamlike soundscape as I wanted to sing about wanting to make the voices in my head disappear. ‘Time Apart’ explores a more external kind of tension as it tackles co-dependency issues.”
Tune in now.
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Photo Credit: Victor Jacques Sebb
