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In Reverse

by Melinda Bronstein

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1.
See / Nothing I can see nothing more than you I can see nothing more than you I can’t see more I can see nothing more than you I can see nothing more than you but you can you can I can see nothing more than you I can see nothing more than you
2.
Still / Time in time in this time in this time we feel older still feel older still feel older still holding still holding on holding still holding on
3.
From / Love 05:26
From / Love I, I, I never good enough never good enough everyone else understands what you want from love from love what you want from love never good enough from love from love maybe you’ll start to love find a way find a way what you want from love Keep your distance distance distance distance
4.
Love / Anyone Say what you like Be what you like See I can’t see Hide what you are Be what you like Say what you want Be what you are What you are Say what you are Be who you are Take who you are Be who you are Love who you want Love who you are Love anyone Drop anyone Say what you want Be who you are Love who you want Love who you are Be who you are Take who you are Be who you want Who you want Who you want Who you want Say who you want
5.
Dream / Death It’s a trap It’ll hold you back From cover to cover it’s over It’s a dream It’s not what it seams and over and over it’s over It’s over It’s over No excuses Perversions Excuses Diversions It’s over It’s over It’s a trap It’ll hold you back from cover to cover it’s over It’s a dream It’s a dream from cover to cover it’s over It’s over It’s over
6.
Visible / Light I couldn’t tell were you sitting down or falling up Must be floating I can’t tell Being pulled being pulled cancelled by motion cancelled by motion visible light visible light visible light visible light Theory theory theory absorbs us Theory theory theory absorbs us absolves us absolves us
7.
Something / Lost Something always lost Always always lost always lost always lost always lost Always always lost always lost always lost something something Always Always something lost Always something lost Always Always Something lost something lost something given away given away apart given away apart given away a part given away a part of me Always Taken Always Taken Always always always always
8.
Make / Love 03:48
Make / Love You can make a love You can make a love You can make a love
9.
In / Reverse 06:46
In / Reverse In reverse in reverse in reverse in reverse In reverse in reverse in reverse in reverse In reverse in reverse in reverse in reverse In reverse in reverse in reverse in reverse
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Taking / You 03:16
Taking / You as the wind blows away as the wind blows away taking you taking you I who am I? Who am I? Who am I now? as the wind takes you away who am I now? who am I now? who am I now? who am I? as the wind blows away taking you taking you taking you...

about

In Reverse is the debut solo album from artist Melinda Bronstein; ten brooding and ethereal songs of loss and conflict, hope and love - a realignment explored through the voice in its many contours. These intimate streams of consciousness open up a crepuscular world of repetition, submerged harmonies and occasional conversation; tense in places, but with the underlying warmth of hope.

Melinda is a multi-instrumentalist, producer, photographer and filmmaker currently living in Margate. She started as keyboardist and backing singer for Americana-tinged Absentee, before shifting to the drums for grungy Wet Paint, indie-rockers Singing Adams and many other bands in between including, in recent years, as percussionist and backing singer with The Leaf Library.

Her band Sea Glass, a collaboration with Matt from The Leaf Library, was her first outing as the main vocalist and songwriter, a situation that has opened the door to an outpouring of solo recordings. In Reverse was recorded at home between March 2020 and February 2021, a year of massive shifts, it is haunted by a very human introspection, an unease manifesting in buried loops, vocal drones and cyclical lyrics.

Purely intuitive in her approach, Melinda fully immersed herself in using improvisation to explore the voice as multi-faceted instrument, the poised hum of experimentation clear throughout the album. As she says, “I approach making music without any expectation, plan or idea of what will come out. The un-knowing is the exciting part which allows me to surprise myself. I follow a thread and keep weaving. Once a piece is finished I listen back as though it did not come from me” - a reminder that expression will find its way out by any means.

In Reverse is the eleventh release on The Leaf Library’s Objects Forever label, and is the first joint release with Detroit label Metaphysical Powers run by artist, writer and producer Kristen Gallerneaux and writer Bernie Brooks.

credits

released October 29, 2021

written/recorded/mixed: Melinda Bronstein
mastered: Mike Cranny
designed: Bronstein/Matt Ashton

thanks: Ollie/Matt/Bernie/Kristen
PRAH/Lil/Mike/Sandra/Mum/Mary
Rebecca/Jonathan/Hannah/Evie

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Melinda Bronstein Margate, UK

Melancholy atmospheres, improvised vocal drone loops, casiotone, found objects, noises and toyses, magic in the mundane.

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