Amy Fox Delivers A Beautifully Honest EP
- R.A.G.
- May 17
- 4 min read
An EP release from Amy Fox delivers a very unique and robust breed of honesty along with gorgeously layered and Soulful tonalities that come together to deliver a boisterous personality, as she tells stories from a personal perspective and paints pictures that unfold in your head as the songs play through.
A lot about this release holds very little back. This is a record that Amy needed to write and record, as it seems like it would serve as a kind of therapy. It feels almost like this would have been cathartic for her to write and finally put out into the world.
This is mainly because the stories that she's telling are very personal, and when you listen carefully, insanely relatable as well.
The record is called It's Nothing That You're Doing, and it doesn't waste a lot of time delivering a lot of that Soulful personality with its first track, "Better Man".
This is an amazing track to introduce the record with, simply because it does boast some of the amazing staples that you're going to hear throughout the rest of the release, but it does so in a way where she is letting so much inner thought come spilling out for all to soak in that you just can't turn away.
This song is pretty powerful, and this is due to its honesty for the most part. She is vulnerable and unafraid to speak her mind throughout this whole record, but this single, in particular, really opens that door.
The track features piano and smooth-sounding guitars, bringing elements of contemporary pop and even hints of jazz, along with that soulful feel, and the song is riddled with passionate performances through and through.
But most of all, you pay attention to those words. She tells you that story with such amazing detail.
The song is about a broken relationship. One that particularly has to do with a man who is a bit abusive. The abuse is verbal, but that can be just as hurtful as physical at times. It's emotional abuse as well, and she really lets you get the full picture. He was supposed to love her, but instead, he's yelling and threatening violence. She knows she has to get out of there, and even though she's going through all of it and knowing she has to leave, she still hopes that he can become a better man someday.
Now, I'm sure there may be a couple of other ways to interpret a song like this, but for me the sentiment was loud and clear and beautifully put.
That level of honesty oozes character, and that's what you get attached to throughout this record.
"Just Like Me" has some great guitar tones to it as well, leans into a little bit of a blues feel, and also carries a cinematic aesthetic and undertone with it.
The guitar work across this track and the entire record is pretty outstanding. The live drumming also adds a great layer to the songs, and at times, the whole thing feels like a live performance.
I suppose it is possible that all of this was recorded live in one room, as that's what it feels like.
Of course, I wasn't there, so I'm not sure how it was recorded; however, listening to the record makes you want to go see it performed live.
It's a really graceful kind of energy, and a lot of the emotion comes through on the record exactly the way it was intended.
Perhaps the most cinematic track of the mall is one called "Pause", which has some amazing audio effects along with intense piano, giving it a thickness and really setting the mood for those lyrics.
On this track, she leans back into relationship woes, struggles, and heavy-handed emotion that comes with all of it.
The way she articulates her lyrics is done in such a way that she's just not holding back a single thing. As I mentioned before, she's letting everything out on the table, and I think that's something that she needed to do on this record.
One of the things I really dig about this track is that it gets a little heavier in terms of having a bit of a rock undertone at times. Her vocals also become more intense as the song does, and everything falls into place like puzzle pieces.
No matter what track you're listening to throughout this record, it never loses this pop sensibility. There's always an element of pop lurking just beneath the surface.
The songs are intensely memorable.
The closing track, "Give Me The Love", has a bit of an acoustic pop sort of aesthetic, still very passionately performed and with soul, but the pop is more on the forefront on this one.
The track delves into self-sabotage. It's a song that talks about making decisions you feel like you shouldn't have made, or building walls around yourself emotionally.
At least, that's how I took the song. It is very descriptive and talks about how she is halfway gone in terms of leaving the relationship. But it also feels like when she knows she wants to go, she just can't do it.
All of this is so much to chew on, but it's done in such a brilliant way that you can really feel for her throughout this record.
I would certainly suggest listening to the entire EP from start to finish, in one shot. This is the way you get the full picture. This is a bigger story that needs to be told, and all four songs together complete that a bit more than just one or two.
So, take a deep dive into this record as soon as you can, and you'll hear exactly what I'm talking about.
This is for people who like cinematic, soulful pop with loads of truths you can feel.
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