Poesie doesn’t just return with Curious Eve, she storms back through the gates of indie rock with fire in her lungs and revolution in her sights.
London-based songstress, Poesie first burst onto the scene last July with Hunter-Gatherer, an electropop floor-filler that immediately marked her out as an artist with something to say. Since then, she has released a further 3 singles, including a stunning cover of the Radiohead classic Fake Plastic Trees, which have seen her breeze past 11k Spotify streams.
Across those releases, Poesie has gained a reputation for infectious melodies, danceable rhythms and meaningful songwriting as she writes about topics close to her heart: humanity, ecology and equality, all of which featured across the new single.
I’m sure you are aware of Eve, the biblical creation and the price Eve paid for her curiosity was banishment from God’s luscious garden of plenty. On Curious Eve, Poesie reimagines that story completey. In Kate Bush fashion, she takes on the persona of a furious modern day Eve, transforming biblical exile into a modern call to action and reminding us that Planet Earth and each other deserve better than the way we currently treat them.
An eco-feminst anthem built on crunchy riffs, thunderous frums and razor sharp lyricism, Curious Eve is bold, theatercal and impossible to ignore.
Musically it is a thrilling collision of punk attitude, indie rock music and high-drama pop theatre. The organ which opens the song immediately sets a dark cinematic tone before snarling guaitar and pounding drums drive everything forward with real intent. Then comes Poesie’s vocal performance; commanding expressive and packed with convication. Her passion for the themes she explores shines through in every line, moving effortlesslu from cascading rhythms into an athemic chorus and an unexpected rap section that gives the song even more bite.
Drawing from her theatrical background, Poesie brings a sense of drama into the performance, providing the song with an added dimension and elevates it into even greater heights.
There is something fearless about Curious Eve. It has the imagination of Kate Bush, the grander of Muse and the sharp genre-blurring confidence of an artist completely control in her world.
Curious Eve is fierce, urgent and brilliantly alive. A big statement from one of the most exciting and distinctive new voices emerging on the indie scene.
Curious Eve is released on Friday 5th June and can be pre-saved here.
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