Archetypal indie-pop cuts clearly aren’t sharp sufficient for Myra Keyes, judging by her seminal single, Foam, which takes the arbitrary parameters of pop and casts them into the inferno of her red-hot, authentically rendered aural blueprint.
The time signatures journey the rhythmic pulse right into a state of dizzy reverie as they brush you up in opposition to the anatomy of the sticky-sweet, synth-driven earworm. Her vocals, glazed with simply sufficient reverb to maintain the hypnosis spellbinding, glide by means of the combo whereas the manufacturing fuses the aesthetics of Billie Eilish with the retrofuturist shimmer of funk-slicked new wave synth pop. It’s an electrified indietronica detour the place the hooks hold swinging and the power refuses to let up.
Chicago-based Keyes could have solely simply turned twenty, however her CV already reads like somebody who has lived a full inventive lifetime. From her early years as a five-year Nationwide Piano Guild member, learning beneath jazz pianist Grant Richards, recording with Decemberist Jenny Conlee, and performing with Shook Twins and Patti King of the Shins, she’s no stranger to high-calibre collaborators.
Now writing, arranging, and producing her personal materials after instructing herself bass and guitar, she’s gearing as much as launch her sophomore LP, Signature Transfer, on October 24. With Joe Mengis, Scott Weddle, and Scott McPherson lending their abilities, the file guarantees a full spectrum of genre-skewering vignettes.
Foam is now out there on all main streaming platforms, together with Spotify.
Assessment by Amelia Vandergast
