Josaleigh Pollett, “Like A River”

Josaleigh Pollett hails from Salt Lake City, where they make tender indie singer-songwriter music with a mild electronic edge. They've been building toward the release of new album If I Let It Quiet , sharing a string of advance tracks that reveal a considerable talent.

The latest, "Like A River," is out today. It's a study in mood and texture, Pollett casually commanding the spotlight with a conversational, less-is-more vocal performance. "I think that I am gonna be up for a while," they sing as the track builds to its conclusion. This kind of song will not bash you over the head, but it just might mesmerize you.

Like a River is about an attempt at quieting the noise of my own thoughts and of a chaotic world around me in order to try to be more resilient. A too-late-coffee-fueled yellow-light-lit silent moment - having arrived at myself just in time to feel my pulse speed up and the news of the day sweep me away into frothing rapids. Hoping for the peace of a quiet river bank, only to remember that a river is swift, chaotic, and ever-changing the earth beneath it. Inspired by Paul Simon's Peace Like a River- a song I've always held in my heart as a beautiful protest song.

Hear "Like A River" below along with prior singles "The Witness" and "Radio Player."

TRACKLIST: 01 "Shed Piano, Birds" 02 "Cherry" 03 "The Witness" 04 "Bed of Quiet" 05 "Like A River" 06 "Repeating" 07 "Second Guesser" 08 "Escape Routes" 09 "Radio Player" 10 "We All Got It Right" 11 "Yasaka, Natsu" 12 "Tacit"

If I Let It Quiet is out 7/24 on Audio Antihero/Lavender Vinyl. Pre-order it here .

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