“Phoenix Rising” by Zaliza begins curiously with a saxophone figure that gives way to an introspective, minimalistic, downtempo song. Its spare guitar, piano accents on the warm, sonorous vocals, low frequency synth drone in the background and the aforementioned saxophone coming back in to punctuate each section of song gives the song a feeling of a procession of personal development. The slight processing of vocals to echo and shimmer at the end of a line gives a twinge of personal hauntedness like the ghost of your old self trying to creep back into your consciousness but which you have to remember to shake off as you enter a new phase of your life. When the song goes out with what sounds like synthesized flutes giving an ascending signal to the end of the day it feels as though you have joined the narrator of the song in effecting her casting off the raiments of her previous life and donning those more appropriate to the life she wants to lead. “Phoenix Rising” is from Zaliza’s self-titled 2019 EP released earlier this year and on August 2 she put out her new EP, Wicked Game. Listen to “Phoenix Rising” on Spotify and follow Zaliza at the link below.
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