What I love about Kaye, or rather Charlene Kaye, is that, as a musician, she is open with her self-reflectiveness. She is an artist that has transformed herself both sonically and spiritually to create music from her soul. Yet, her songs and presence remind listeners that if music comes from your heart, then you must take the time to discover who that heart is and what it is made of.
At Mercury Lounge, Kaye showed that her heart was made of a battalion. She rocked the stage with a vivacious energy that left the audience in awe. It was not simply the strength she exuded, as she played her guitar, that made it clear she was a “rock-tress”, but the strength she exuded for herself. Kaye walked unto her stage like a rightfully confident woman that showed her faith in herself and thus furthered the faith of her listeners. When she plays is out love for music, and a thankfulness that she has both the talent and intelligence to make some really good songs. And why should she not be proud? She is one of the few artists that a concert is more than listening to her music; it is listening her spiritual growth.
For Kaye, music is a nosedive into a soul, and both her Mercury Lounge and new EP Honey prove it. Each song of Honey feels like a hand-book into ferocity. She uses each song as a step of fierceness. Her vocal prowess is undeniable, with a built-in cat reflex that assure riffs are sporadic but precise. Hence, her Honey EP is exactly as its title: a golden sugar rush born from the beauty of nature.
A Track By Track Review of Honey EP:
Armies: An electronic ode to fighting for love. It takes strength to be vulnerable both with and for someone. Armies synthetic rhythms only reinforce this very real truth.
Honey: a rhythmically playful track that reinforces female empowerment and the sultriness of Kaye’s voice. There is a hint of smokiness to her vocals that is so crisp it could be defined as mist. Yet, the lightness of her melody and the sultriness of her beats, makes sure her vocal mistiness has some brightness to it.
Carry You: a sonic vortex about carrying a love when he or she cannot carry their self anymore. This song is beautiful in its composition and furthering of Kaye’s range. More importantly, it is lyrically poignant in its revelation that we need to love someone through their journey to love their self, even when it is rough.
Porcelain: LOVE THIS SONG! Probably the hardest rock-dive of her five track EP, porcelain’s guitar and drums thrust an important message: Real beauty should always conquer fake!
UUU: this was a strong end to the EP. It is an 80’s homage to love and vividly, funkadelic beats. You just want to dance to this song like no one is looking! Love IT!
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