somesurprises is a music nickname for the Seattle-based artist Natasha El-Sergany who began her carrer on her own but now enjoys the company of three other musicians.It seems to be a good choice as she released her debut long-play entitled, obviously, somesurprises. And it's a great one too.
The artist's characteristic trait is the instrumental use of her own vocals, as we can read in the album's description: "El-Sergany uses her ethereal voice as an instrument, no more or less central to the music than a guitar hook or a drumbeat". And this beautiful, ears-melting vocal in Sometimes makes an impersonation of airiness. And even if in other songs a greater role is played by more traditional, yet still extremely delicate, singing - the airy element is always present and always thrilling.
Fantastic are also, or maybe first of all, the fragments of developing, atmospheric and not-too-fast noise, just like those in Late July, Country Sun or finally in the wonderful Cherry Sunshine - the longest track on the album but that could go on and on forever.
somesurprises costs 7 USD.
Check: Cherry Sunshine
Country: Washington, US
Genre: ambient pop