Forever - Connor Desai (Indie Folk) The latest from Connor Desai, “Forever”, is a surprising genre blend with gut punching emotion and clear crossover appeal. As the track begins, you immediately place it in indie folk, with intimate and close vocals set to a lilting guitar strum. Hypnotic and intoxicating, Connor’s vocals shine as both strong and vulnerable, as she sings of the melancholy of an unresolved breakup, which have just a touch of Sheryl Crow in their maturity. But then we’re pleasantly blindsided by the introduction of a punchy kick and trap percussion production that marry beautifully with the stripped down arrangement that came before, deepening the emotion of the track and giving it extra drive. We were also deeply impressed with the lyrics, making it hard to choose our favorite. “Forever” is poetry set to music.
Best Lyric: “The poets try to ground us, but you’re nobody’s fool.”