“Stay” is one helluva ride, it shifts through numerous sonic gears in no time at all, from a spacious pop vibe, through indie arrangements, into the realm of hard rock and ending almost in an anthemic metal sound, and does all of that in its first forty seconds. That’s how you grab the listener’s attention.
Then, having established all of these grooves and moves, highs and lows Zëta Ræ is free to rearrange and revisit these various sounds to create a brilliantly dynamic, genre-hopping, and unpredictable slice of pop-rock—pop-rock in the truest sense of the term—not just a blend of the two, often opposing sounds but a song that visits both extremes of each genre’s sonic spectrum.
Such a changing and challenging sound is perfect for the sentiments described here, those feelings of acceptance, vulnerability, and the fearless self-expression that come with those first fleeting steps as we embark on a new relationship and let ourselves fall in love.
Zëta Ræ has never been content to be tagged with one label or another. Hers is a voyage where inspirations and influences are allowed to freely mix and match—soul, shoegaze, jazz, hyper pop, and now hard rock, too—to create her own brand of alternative music.
To her testament, never has a song sounded so much like the underground and the mainstream simultaneously!
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