Welcome to the indie-pop gut punch club. Toronto has a new heartbreaker and truth-teller in goodheart, whose debut EP, "Blue and Other Colours," hits like a velvet hammer, soft in sound, heavy in impact. But it's the sharp-edged sparkle of "Silverspoon Sunday," the highlight focus track of the EP, that really stops you in your tracks. "Silverspoon Sunday" is an immediate ear candy–sleek vocals float atop tight drums and guitar glitter that feels like something out of a film. But beneath that shimmering soundscape is a sharply observant take on privilege and the paralysis that can accompany an excess of comfort. goodheart gives her a critique of a melody you'll be humming all week. That's the magic trick, sweet on the outside, but there's grit in the middle.
"It's about comfort becoming a kind of cage," as goodheart puts it, and you can hear that mild frustration threading through every note. She maintains a fine line between empathy and discontent, a feat not easily accomplished at any point in a career, let alone a debut. The track nods to indie-pop but allows facets of folk and alt-rock to subtly shade its edges, giving it a lived-in warmth that makes it feel close and considered. On "Blue and Other Colours," "Silverspoon Sunday" embodies a call to confront darkness rather than running away from it. And while other songs plumb heartbreak and self-reckoning, this one struts with a tone of lyrical sass, like that of someone who has finally finished biting their tongue. It is playful, pointed, and disarmingly relatable.
goodheart establishes that she's not here with hollow anthems or polished surfaces. She's constructing a place where candor coexists with melody, a place where sadness is not something to flee from but to sit with, to unwrap and reason. In a field frequently monopolized by either hyper-polished pop warriors or stripped-down sadness, goodheart adds an interesting, hearty, vulnerable, and refreshingly authentic roundsound. "Silverspoon Sunday" is the type of track that makes you grin before you get the sense that your chest feels a little thicker.
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