The traditional emotional wreckage of a pop ballad will get a smooth, modernist refit in Nissu’s single Recollections, the title observe of his debut EP. With tendrils of progressive home pop coiling round its core, the Dublin-based Brazilian artist doesn’t simply goal for affect—he ensures each beat, each notice, each rigorously curated swell of emotion lands with plain sincerity.
There’s a rawness to Recollections that refuses to be polished out by its shiny manufacturing. Nissu doesn’t sugar-coat the inevitable lows of life, however as a substitute acknowledges them as a essential passage to the form of euphoric highs that make all of it price enduring. With an intimately consoling vocal supply, he takes the fleeting nature of existence and spins it into one thing significant—as a result of, in the long run, it’s the moments we acquire that outline us.
With Trey Vittetoe (Miley Cyrus, Katy Perry, Selena Gomez) on the manufacturing helm, Recollections finds itself in skilled arms, bridging modern and nostalgic pop influences with seamless ease. The observe sits amongst an EP full of deeply private reflections, together with Connection, a pandemic-era tribute to resilience that includes a music video that celebrates LGBTQ+ unity, and Your self, an empowerment-driven collaboration with UK rapper Paigey Cakey.
Recollections is now accessible on all main streaming platforms, together with Spotify.
Evaluation by Amelia Vandergast
