WRENN’s Powerfully Expressive Vocals and Dynamic Range Are on Full Display on the Introspective and Cathartic “Craigslist Personals”

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WRENN “Craigslist Personals” cover (cropped)

WRENN’s vocals on “Craigslist Personals” demonstrates great range and versatility in tone and texture from the delicate on the border of fragmenting to the expansively vibrant. The songwriting matches her vocal line perfectly going from minimal, ghostly synth and spare guitar to bombastic guitar riff flourishes and pounding drums as if shifting from contemplative, hopeful musings to the intensity of disappointed emotions finally purged after finally processing and identifying the complexities of a relationship and boiling them down to the essential grievances. But WRENN somehow conveys those feelings without pointed blaming. Rather, she is deft at expressing the hurt and the healing that comes from being able to sing about the situation with honesty and conviction. Listen to “Craigslist Personals” on Soundcloud.

WRENN’s “Psychosexual” is a Poignant,Gritty Pop Song About the Yearning for Authentic Experiences

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WRENN, “Psychosexual” cover (cropped)

WRENN’s single “Psychosexual” will get all kinds of comparisons to 90s artists that came out of alternative rock and modern artists who have drawn on that realm of music for inspiration. But WRENN’s clear, melodic vocals alongside bouncy rhythms and guitars both fuzzy and swirly will remind connoisseurs of 90s alternative rock of the likes of Hammerbox and Medicine. Not as weird or as experimental as the latter and not rooted in jangle-y 80s college rock as the former, WRENN fortunately, isn’t really following the musical path of either, it’s just the same willingness to blend diverse musical interests into the songwriting rather than try to fit in within a specific, already established musical niche. The lyrics speak to the vagaries of modern relationships and how so many of our mediated experiences and ways of interacting with the world might be complicating our lives in historic ways and warping our sense of what’s authentic even though we need authentic experiences with authentic people for life to feel like it has any essential meaning. Listen to “Psychosexual” on Soundcloud and follow WRENN at the links below.

https://www.facebook.com/therealwrenn
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https://open.spotify.com/artist/1mUvCFjlnNilmIebNqKYo8