Chelsea Jade has always felt like an outsider in the music industry. She went to art school and dropped out after a year to pursue music. Her latest record, Soft Spot out April 29 on Carpark Records , is a collection of songs that contain both the effervesce of a summer day and the nihilism of Nietzsche. Her ability to weave dark metaphors and prosaic story telling into the tight confines of ABAB pop song structure is nothing short of genius, and result is, simply put, a record full of bops.
Once the barriers are in place, you can just bounce around inside so freely. Does that make sense? The kind that might actually just be obsession, or lust, or just blatant distraction. Which is a new thing for me. If Chelsea Jade is an outsider, then we are lucky to get a glimpse inside her enigmatic mind.
Follow Chelsea Jade on Instagram and Facebook for ongoing updates. Carli Brill is a lover of items from the past. Growing up in Southern California, Brill and her mother spent countless hours shopping in antique stores, discovering hidden gems and imagining the stories behind them.
Now based in Nashville, the singer-songwriter says she draws inspiration from the unknown past still clinging to these objects. What were they like and what would they think about today?
They have so much depth to them. I like the mystery behind antiques and anything from the past. It was just so bright and joyful and wide. Her songs act as a time lapse, transporting the listener through multiple eras with ever-evolving melodies that match the old soul that shines through in her lyrics, harkening back to the days when Brill and her mother would frequent vintage stores.
