In his tender new single "Turn On A Dime," singer-songwriter Miles Jenson pulls you into the intimate nooks of love where tenderness, compromise, and self-preservation exist in a fragile equilibrium. The song comes from Sunshine Goldmine, Jenson's genre-defying debut EP helmed by Grammy-winning duo King Garbage. While the EP fuses themes of identity, mirage, and emotional dishevelment with cinematic grandeur, "Turn On A Dime" redirects the spotlight inward, specifically onto the quiet yet profound instants that make up intimacy.
A pop-rock frame is laced with adult contemporary ease and a sultry current of neo-soul, the resulting track has a jazz-tinged openness in the vein of Chet Baker. But Jenson's soulful, restrained, and emotionally naked voice turns the song undeniably into his. It's a lived-in performance that suggests he's pondering the weight of the words himself while singing them.
"Turn On A Dime" mediates growth and the emotional gymnastics we sometimes engage in while in love. Jenson captures the challenge of figuring out when to bend and when bending is breaking how readily and often imperceptibly we mute ourselves in favor of harmony. That's something that many of us may find uncomfortably close to home. The production reflects this inner tightrope. Soft piano chords and dusky horn flourishes don't scream but whisper, sway, and cradle Jenson's vocals with measured grace. It's a slow burn of a quest that earns every ounce of its emotional impact.
Sunshine Goldmine may showcase Miles Jenson's breadth and ambition as a new artist, but "Turn On A Dime" has started to feel like a soft, devastating reminder that, in the end, the most challenging part of loving someone else is remembering how to love yourself. Miles Jenson opens doors to the soul. And with "Turn On A Dime," he keeps the door open just enough for us to hear something honest, vulnerable, and beautifully unresolved.
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