If It's Too Loud...

Photo by Catherine A LoMedico Miya Folick has become one of my favorite modern pop artists, but her latest single sees the artist move away from pop slightly. "Fist" is still a pop song, but it's not a pure pop track, even by alt-pop standards. Instead, it has a strong rock based undercurrent, particularly with the guitars. Folick starts this one off sounding like a pop focused folk song. As it goes on, the song gets heavier and angrier until it erupts into a scream filled rock song with some pop leanings. This one reminds me of how Lucy Dacus builds songs into this epic climaxes. "Fist" is like that, but starts more quiet and ends more loud than you might expect. Miya Folick says of her latest single: “ Fist is about rage.  It’s about sexual trauma and generational trauma and what that does to our feelings of safety, self, and home. What it does to the people we are in relationship with. I wrote this song by candlelight in the first place I really considered my...

Photo by Jonny Marlow As someone who is coming to terms with enjoying pop music, Miya Folick's latest single is a revelation. "Erotica" has just enough of a singer-songwriter organic vibe to satisfy the music snob in me, but this is a glorious pop song. It isn't quite a club banger, but it's definitely a song that's going to inspire dancing. This is the type of song that has me questioning how much I've been missing out on by rejecting pop music. It's simply that good that I'm rethinking the last thirty years of music taste. If you love singer-songwriter based pop, "Erotica" is a dream come true. If you normally don't enjoy this genre, be prepared to join my on the bandwagon. Miya Folick says of her latest single: "'Erotica' is a song about fantasy and pleasure - It’s not just about sex, it’s about a richness of experience, a playfulness, a connection, an open approach to each day. I think that we’re fed rules about what ...