Two Beautifully Performed new Songs from The Kunins

A new single release from The Kunins is composed of two tracks that each showcase a lot of personality and depth of character, portrayed by descriptive and detailed lyrics that express such emotion and inner thought that you are just drawn to the entire thing.

"The Levee" pulls you in with those lyrics right off the bat. She's clearly coming from some real place, and you can feel the emotion in a performance and just putting a lot of that personality out there for all to soak in.

This is a very personal perspective, but it's also incredibly relatable as it focuses on finding direction, looking for cues, and love. This is how I took it. Others may perceive it a little differently, but for me, the message was loud and clear, and it was delivered with a beautiful and elegant articulation so that all the metaphorical aspects of it make perfect sense to portray that message.

This is a song that slowly builds. It's a bit of a slow burn, but that's its point. It is giving you a story, and again, this is coming from a personal place and space, so it's something that takes time to unfold, but lets you follow the emotion and story with crystal clarity.

The way it builds is in the music. It starts with a more stripped-down acoustic guitar and vocals. The acoustic is warm and welcoming, while the vocals are alluring and have a certain level of soul and heart, and their delivery, which also helps you get engulfed by everything you're hearing.

Before long, the piano comes in, and this adds a different sort of layer of texture and tonality to the song. It makes things start feeling more lush, and the piano performance feels almost soul, blues, or even gospel feeling and that has a certain spirited undertone to it.

The intensity builds bit by bit, and the tones of the piano, acoustic, and vocal mend and melt together to create this very graceful atmosphere, and again, it's super easy to get swallowed up by all of this.

Again, the lyrics are very relatable, so you end up connecting with the song because of how she articulates those lyrics so well. You end up picturing your own situation, whether it be past or present. I find that very unique. A song that can trigger memories or make you feel a certain way.

This was one of the moments when I realized that we need more music like this in general. Music that lets you think or feel. Those kinds of songs are so important because they say things that we are afraid to say.

This is a song that comes through with a great vulnerability, but also feels somewhat like it was cathartic for the artist to write and release.

There is so much coming out of it that it's a lot to take in, but it's also a beautiful experience.

As I mentioned earlier, to me, this feels cinematic and a lot of that comes from the emotion and sort of passionate performance, the tones of the instruments, and the mood that everything sets.

Towards the end of the track, you have both male and female duet harmonies coming in, and that just adds even more to everything. The depth becomes fuller, the song becomes more impactful, and the message clearer.

This was quite an intense and beautiful song that really had a unique way of wrapping itself around you and keeping you right where it wants to.

I would consider it to be a folk or cinematic-pop single, but there's a lot more to it than that.

You'll have to listen to it to see exactly what I mean.

The follow-up is called "The Sorrow You Are Drawn To", which feels more theatrical in its performance.

The lyrics are a bit more in your face and slightly more animated, along with a rhythm that has a more boisterous and robust approach, and male vocals taking the lead.

Now, neither of them is really the lead. They both share vocals somewhat equally, but when they sing together, things get intense and everything becomes a bit more full-bodied, beautiful, and warm, in a way.

This track delves deeper into experimental attributes with strings that feel orchestrated, still pushing that cinematic feel, and electric guitars that take the helm at certain points, but not with an overdrive that's too far pushed.

It's almost like a dirty, semi-twangy guitar feel, and I like this because it works really well with the climactic sections of the track.

It's a light distortion, but it's there, building on the dramatic effect. 

This is a duo that knows exactly how to build songs until they reach those points of intensity and impactful soundscape that leave a mark.

They seem to be able to read each other very well, and maybe that's because they are a father-daughter duo.

Either way, these two found the sound that let them be expressive and come through with a passionate set of performances both instrumentally and vocally.

This is a couple of songs that you should be listening to with headphones on so you can soak in all the layers and textures going on. Again, loads of emotion and character, persona, and descriptive truths are being told, making it easy to hold on to both of these singles.

But don't just take my word for it, listen to these right now and see what they do for you.

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