Scarlet Rae * No Heavy Goodbyes [New CD]

Scarlet Rae - a Los Angeles-born, New York City-based artist - started to unveil solo tracks in 2020. She quickly honed a formula that blends understated acoustic instrumentation with shoegaze gloom and whispery, effect-shrouded vocals. No Heavy Goodbyes - Rae's new EP for Bayonet Records - emerged as a rapid outpouring following an extended mental block. It stays true to her blueprint, but dials in craggier textures and sharpens storytelling. She pulls from acceptance, solitude, and grief - feelings that surfaced as a result of a difficult chapter marked by loss. A vulnerable tremor, No Heavy Goodbyes is unafraid to be painfully articulate - dusting raw themes in mesmerizing, spectral sonics.