Electronic pop princess Jack River has returned with a seven-track EP Stranger Heart.
With sugar-coated vocals, ethereal synths and hard drum beats, Jack River builds on her solid Fools Gold foundation which saw her enter hearts and our charts.
The EP opens with the short, electronic and fairy-like track ‘Lonely Heart’ before ‘Later Flight’ breaks through with an almost rock edge.
Through her writing, Jack River, aka Holly Rankin, has taken us on emotional journeys through hope, grief, joy, fear and, most of all, love. While we’ve been dancing to her tunes for the past three years, the new EP sees a more emotive path taken by the digi-angelic artist.
‘Dark Star’ is reminiscent of the work we first heard from Jack River, but ‘Closer’ – an intimate piano ballad – is something completely different, and I can’t turn it off. Stripped back, perhaps for the first time, we can hear Jack River’s vulnerability. Her lyrics; I take and I take, think that I’m not enough/That my love is too rushed, too much/If it’s the last thing I do/I’ll let it all go for you; are powerful and her mesmerising vocals have you spinning.
Tracks ‘Infinity Roses’ and ‘80’sHD’ finish the EP strongly and as soon as it ends, you’ll want to listen all over again.
Ah Jack River, you’ve done it again, and I’m so very happy you have.
4.5/5
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Reviewed by Kim Price
