Devorah’s “Blue” is a Warm and Sympathetic Salve for the Heartbroken Soul

Devorah1_sm — Devorah, photo courtesy the artist

Devorah, aka Anita Lester, seems to share the heartache of the protagonist of “Blue” who gives up on an attempt to externalize a deep sadness. The warm, textured, billowing, guitar chords drone and strike both melodic and discordant notes in time with the waves of feeling as the gnarled feelings and conflicted thoughts rummage through your heart finding an anchor from which to haunt the psyche. But there is a compassion to Lester’s tone and an understanding that dealing with heartache is not a simple apply a cure, go to a therapist a few times, work it out in some physical way or the false magic of putting it all into your art to make it go away. It’s a process and it may never fully leave you. The song sounds like a coming to terms with the ways these feelings can get stuck or take years to work through rather than simply fool ourselves into thinking we’ve conquered them through a simple legerdemain of the mind or chemistry. Listen to “Blue” on Soundcloud and follow Devorah at the links below.