Emily Manuel’s ambitious art rock and chamber pop song “Live Forever” finds the songwriter orchestrating string sounds, piano and creative vocal rhythms that seem paced more intuitively in tandem with the instrumentation. There is a melancholic cast to the song rimmed with bell tones in the end appropriate to a song that seems to be about a relationship that is being pushed too fast toward an early resolution and an undertone of resignation with the inevitable. There is no drama, no agony here, rather a mature assessment of the ephemeral nature of some relationships and how there can be some joy there even though you can tell it won’t be lasting and wasn’t meant to be in order for it to have been worthwhile. One might consider it sort of a modern art folk song but one with shades of early Tori Amos and late 80s Kate Bush with an undeniable sense of mystery that lends it a compelling allure from beginning to end. Listen to “Live Forever” and the rest of the EP of the same name on Spotify and follow Denver-based artist Emily Manuel on Instagram.
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