An Amazing New Single from
Neil Soiland & Sarah Vita
A new single release from Neil Soiland and Sarah Vita just dropped, and it is a beautifully woven piece that features a classic approach and vintage aesthetic with lush instrumentation and this full body approach that feels both theatrical and warm at the same time.
"Harlequin Tears" features instruments like accordion, clarinet, and so much more, including guitars, upright bass, and just this amazing approach that delivers an atmosphere that takes you back to a different time altogether.
You get a heavy-handed vintage jazz undertone, and the vocals lend a hand to that along with all that instrumentation, of course.
Vocally, the song is beautifully done with such a subtle and soft approach, but gorgeous harmonies that add layers of texture to the song.
This is indeed a track that has many layers to it, but it all comes together like pieces of a puzzle and feels amazing when you listen to it.
It's got a soft swing undertone and a dreamy coating that lets you sort of float right alongside it all and eventually get washed away with the soundscape of it.
What's amazing to me about this track is the simple fact that they were going for a certain aesthetic and feel, and they completely nailed it. This is a song that combines a noir, neo-folk pop approach and combines it with vintage Jazz so that it literally serves as an escape from your everyday life.
That's the beauty of songs like this. They let you escape into something completely outlandish, in a sense.
It feels amazing to listen to this song because you forget where you are and what you're doing as it plays through, and what's even better is the music video that accompanies the track.
The music video sticks with that vintage sort of big band and jazz style aesthetic as you have a multitude of characters performing and dancing around on a stage.
So, when you listen to the song, you picture a small stage like the one in the video, and music shines through whether you watch the video or not. That's the brilliance of it. The video follows the aesthetic of the song to such a perfect pinpoint that it all makes amazing sense.
It has been forever since I heard a song anywhere near like this, and how it brings together a slew of influences to create something with its own atmosphere. Once you're in this atmosphere, you simply don't want to leave.
Neil and Sarah are like a musical match made in heaven. Like Django Reinhardt and Stéphane Grappelli.
The reason I say this is because songs like this make me think of music from that time, but also because the two of them managed to find this amazing common ground and both completely understood their missions.
For one singular mind to think of a song like this and be able to put it together is one thing. To bring another into it and have that other person be a main focal point of the song is a completely different animal.
Both of them had a fix and handle on what the aesthetic was going to be like, and they completely nailed it.
This kind of thing blows my mind because I can't imagine how something like this even starts.
What's even cooler is that the music video itself was written, directed, and produced by Neil himself, and you can tell he had a major vision for what he wanted this holding to be like.
Bringing in a cast of clowns to be on the stage and do their thing is something outstanding.
The song was written by both Neil and Sarah. Neil plays a slew of instruments from guitars to vibraphone, as well as performing vocal harmonies. Sarah is in there playing the ukulele, and again, is a main vocalist of the track as well.
This was outstanding and I suggest watching the music video the first time you listen to the song because it's even better than what you imagined in your head when you listen to it alone. That is saying a lot.
Definitely take a deep dive into this one as soon as you can and see what it does for you.
