Music Review // Kira McSpice "Saturnism"
The sound of Kira McSpice is really going to hit you, right from the start, because these songs sound unlike anything else you have likely heard before. At first, this comes out with big acoustics and vocals. These both feel like such different aspects of the sound, even though they are working together, but the way the music is on "The Fig" and overall it can feel a bit haunted, gothic even. There is big percussion not just on the first song but at different points throughout this album. "Ability", for example, has a steady snare drum sound that I enjoy.
Musically a lot of this album is about the pacing and the tone of the songs. "Holy Meadow" has a slower, ballad way about it while other songs have a more steady pace. In the biggest of ways though, this sound just feels like the type which you would open up with a speaker and it would just fill an entire room. There is such a weight behind it that it can feel as if it is creating its own atmosphere. This is important because it does bring you in the same way reading a novel or watching a film does, but it isn't a world created by visuals but rather by audio.
One of the strongest factors in all of this is simply the voice of Kira McSpice. There is something classical, operatic about the way these vocals come out. At times I feel like I can hear a harp coming out during the songs and other times it could be horns, but the way that this all comes together is what makes it so special. Every part of this just feels like it is on its own unique to how it might be used by other artists, but the way they all form one sound for Kira McSpice brings about a sort of magic to this overall music.
Listening to this a few times is going to help you fully appreciate both the musical aspects and vocals on this album. When you feel comfortable with the overall sound, you can begin to listen to the lyrics and hear how they can tell stories. Just within the first song I enjoy the line: "Sacrifice lead to misery", which keeps in line with this classic gothic feel. I also really enjoy the lines: "Call for help / No one’s coming to find me / My clothes are soaked / And there’s blood on the water" on "Dark Waters" which feels like a horror story.
More than anything else these songs are just beautiful. To listen to them, is to feel something and I believe we all do listen to music to feel something. I'm not sure I could drive around listening to this album because of the gravity of it all. It feels mre like something you have to set time aside specifically to listen to while not doing anything else. But if you can allow yourself to do this, Kira McSpice will show you worlds you have never seen (heard) before.
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