[dream-pop, synth-pop] (2019) Meernaa - Heart Hunger [FLAC,Tracks] [DarkAngie] torrent

(2019) Meernaa - Heart Hunger

Review:
The year between the release of Meernaa’s 2018 Strange Life EP and the band’s first full-length album, Heart Hunger, was a time of emotional extremes: frontwoman Carly Bond unearthed a long-hidden family trauma, married Meernaa keyboardist Rob Shelton, and delved deep into her own spirituality through herbalism studies. Heart Hunger mirrors that complex blend of joy and hurt — Bond’s voice betrays an ache, but her songs don’t dwell or drag; instead they’re urged forward by a driving, bluesy rhythm section. Heart Hunger doesn’t fit neatly into a single genre, effortlessly jumping from synth-heavy soul to borderline ambient. Playful tracks like the echoing “Ridges” and “Black Diamond Mine,” an eight-and-a-half minute number that pivots between time signatures, are interspersed with comparatively straightforward indie-blues slow jams like “Wells.” Heart Hunger feels overwhelmingly organic. With layered compositions that take inspiration from the bluffs and ridges of the band’s Oakland home base, Meernaa create an expansive sound grounded in the spaciousness of West Coast scenery. The band’s reverb-soaked compositions resonate in a way that calls to mind open air, their instrumentation complex but not crowded. Bond’s vocals flow through these works like watercolor paints, seeping into the cracks in the songs’ layered arrangements, making Heart Hunger a fully immersive listen.


Tracklist:
01 - Backroads
02 - Wells
03 - Thinking of You
04 - Ready to Break
05 - Black Diamond Mine
06 - Ridges
07 - Better Part
08 - Miss Marple's Mystery Moon
09 - Bluffs
Summary:
Country: USA
Genre: dream-pop, synth-pop
Media Report:
Source: CD
Format: FLAC
Format/Info: Free Lossless Audio Codec, 16-bit PCM
Bit rate mode: Variable
Bit rate: ~ 518-844 Kbps
Channel(s): 2 channels
Sampling rate: 44.1 KHz
Bit depth: 16 bits