Diandra Reviews It All

Sam Fermin have made an electro folk album that could be used in any contemporary dance across the nation. It leaps from record to remembrance like a ballerina turning and turning in a dreamy daze. With an electric current that pulses sonically but is received mindfully, their new album, Belong, shows the quest and destination of “belonging” in this world.
Belong (Official Lyric Video)

From “No Promises” to “Perfume”, when you are in a relationship with someone you have to decide whether what they are giving you is actually good and enough. We have all had “that person” with a bucketful of promises and no reality, but we have also had “the person” that like perfume makes us feel and come off sweeter through their care. Belong, as an album, is an observance of how relationships are not just a measurement of love, but also generosity: both yours and theirs. For this reason, there is a hint or romance to its instrumentals that is not too strong because, in the end, this is a record to observe how you love rather than “spark” it. In essence, if your heart is ablaze for someone, San Fermin is there to ask you, “Does he or she belong?”. Tracks like, “Bride”, “Dead”, and “Better Company” share a similar dynamism and challenging of the relationship dreams and emotional “duds” that can lift and crash our spirits. “ Each has a drum-laced melody that matches your heart rhythms for the love in question, and has a hidden up-tempo that, again, cannot be too overt because, when you question something, you are not exactly excited. Still, San Fermin’s ability to never get too down even if they are getting too deep is what makes Belong such a fantastic record.
No Promises (Official Lyric Video)

Anytime art makes a person question their humanity in order to grow, but does it without fear or stress, I consider it a success. Confronting your decisions, even unto others, is the hardest confrontation you will have because it is rough to look “good” to yourself when you realize your being bad. Hence, their is a slow, mystical arrangement to songs such as, “Open” and “Bones”, which are two tracks about relationship that have reached harder, more affective decisions. Yet, these songs are perfect examples of San Fermin’s choice over who sings between Allen Tate and Charlene Kaye. Each have a voice that is pensive upon pain and love. They know how to emanate wonder, whether it be universal or personal, in perspective. In “Open” and “August” Kaye’s sweet, affirming vocals show the greatness and endangerment of letting in someone without full certainty that they will love you more than hurt you. Yet, in “Bones” and “Oceanica”, Tate has a girded voice that feels toiled with soil and grain before it is released upon listeners” Hence, he is perfect for tracks that show how buried we can feel by our partnerships. Either way, the music is perfectly arranged to show the mutual chaos and care that a heart spurs. For More Information On San Fermin And To Buy Belong On April 7 Click Here.
Open (Official Audio)