Elise Cabrét’s debut EP, The Wrong Side Of Blue, is a hauntingly beautiful six-track tale. The Melbourne alt-folk singer captivates with her conversational lyrics, stunning vocal performances and enchanting acoustic strumming.
The Calling is a heart wrenching recount of star-crossed lovers torn apart by tragic circumstances. Elise’s vocal cries, matched by delicate layers of acoustic guitar, create a perfectly melancholy soundscape. With the addition of a single violin on Winter, the young songwriter’s emotive appeal and lyrical depth extends far beyond her years.
Lyrically, The Wrong Side Of Blue exposes the many perils of friendship, family, life and love, and Cabrét highlights the effects of being forced to grow up too fast. The title trackunfolds slowly for listeners, the same way the pages of a book would, drawing you closer with every word.
Inspired by Nick Cave’s Murder Ballads album, That Old Violin is an exercise in dangerous seduction. Cabrét dreams up a forbidden romance with Johnny The Killer, explaining that, “Fresh out Pentridge, he came to my door.”
Led by finger plucking goodness, Meeting With A Stranger and Better Somehow reiterate the struggles faced in trying to figure out what you stand for and who you are. Simplistic, yet elegant, the record comes an impeccable close.
BY PHOEBE ROBERTSON
