january from Birthday Party by Vines

Vines wrote the music of Birthday Party while feeling lonely on her January birthday, and “January” gets right at the heart of that desolation. The song builds from the searing lyric “I’m having trouble making it through the year, and it’s only January,” letting delicate piano melodies grow into crashing instrumentals that swallow Wieland’s voice. It’s the most gut-punching track on the EP, but it’s also the most cathartic. When the music reaches its enveloping pinnacle, every emotion feels entwined at once, bursting at the seams and gradually returning anew.

Vines is the project of composer, producer, and multi-instrumentalist Cassie Wieland. Praised by The New York Times as “sweetly shimmering,” Vines masterfully experiments with texture and their signature processed vocals to explore both intimate and massive sound worlds.

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