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Fast and fun music are the Two F’s Serene Ryder serves in her new album Utopia. The multi-award winning songstress and multi-instrumentalist knows how to build a sonic world, but in this record she wants to build a perfect universe, which explains why she aims for the energy of life rather than the situations. If most musicians discuss the realities we face as humans, then Ryder’s Utopia is about the persons we become from them, and how “perfect” may only be a dream to help motivate us through our real choices.
Serena Ryder – Electric Love

Juxtaposition is the central theme in Ryder’s record, of which makes her one of the most nuanced songstresses out there. For Ryder, music often goes for the extremes; either the pure lightness or the pure darkness of being. Yet, in “Electric Love”, “Fire Escape”, and “Wolves”, Ryder lyrically proves that being good or being bad, giving into lust or protecting your heart, and following a dream or facing reality are hard issues because have single responses. Sometimes, the hardest decisions in life are because little options are served but major consequences follow. To Ryder, in the middle is where humanity lies, and it is life’s journey that determines whether we are “Wild And Free” and find a “Sanctuary”, or we end up in a relationship “Ice Age” we once thought would lead to an intimate “Utopia”. Even the titles of her songs work in phrases, like the previous one, to show the murkiness of basic decisions like calling the number you get from a potential crush and embarking on new love ride, “Got Your Number”, or genuinely exclaiming that your life/ love’s course, “It’s No Mistake”. Having such detailed, poetical lyrics will be relieving to listeners who need a music outlet to say, “It’s okay to feel vastly anguished by few decisions”. Still, despite her verbose depth, Serena Ryder is a rocker, which means the album is insightful and inciting.
Serena Ryder – Got Your Number (Official Video)

Ryder has a soulful voice that comes off marked by the pain and promise of love. For her, this virtue is not simply tethered to the love of people as much as the love for yourself and your dreams. “Killing Time”, “Firewater”, and “Hands” have a spiritual vibe to them. Whether in quiet pacing or sporadic quickness, Ryder approaches her guitar and voice like they are the only weapons she has left to attack the boring and baneful choices that try to steal the beauty she seeks from life. She intrinsically use her instrumentals and vocals to creep and rage to how choices can be draining because they are personal, and reveal, ultimately, the best and worst thing about your life is that it is only in your control. For More Information Serena Ryder Or To Buy Utopia On MAy 26 Click Here.
Utopia (official video) by Serena Ryder