Keshi is rewriting his sonic story with his new single, "Texas. "It's an emotional salute to home cloaked in honeyed acoustics and booming production. An artist blurring the lines between genres with his signature lo-fi sound, the collaborative artist leaps forward, stripping things back to allow raw emotion to shine through.
With stacked acoustic guitars and a haunting and driving rhythm, "Texas" finds Keshi revealing a profoundly vulnerable side of himself, showcasing his vocal range as never before. His voice, dense with feeling, drapes over "Texas" organic instrumentation, conjuring a looking back at it forward-on-to something wonderful feeling that stays with you long after the last note dissipates. And it's a departure that feels both deliberate and unavoidable, a return to roots while charging forward into new sonic terrain.
More than a standalone single, "Texas" is also the door to Keshi's impending sophomore album, REQUIEM, due out on Sept. 13. Previous releases like "Say" and "Dream" signaled an evolution in sound, and "Texas" solidified this next chapter one in which bedroom-pop intimacy is traded for something more grand and expansive yet equally as intimate at its core.
"Texas" is a much-needed reinvention. For young readers, it summarizes an artist who will not stick to just one reality.