Brooklynites Amelia Bushell and Thomas Servidone offer a seductive siren call with their band Belle Mare. Imploring you to travel back in time with them, their debut EP “The Boat Of The Fragile Mind” is set for release on April 9th. The title track shares a sonic kinship with the hushed and otherworldly soundscapes of other artists like Lia Ices and Cowboy Junkies, a band they manage to beat in the sparseness department. While Amelia’s deep, crooning vocals range between Widowspeak’s sleepy dreampop melodies and Beth Gibbon’s intense retro stylings, her lyrics toy with mysterious themes, like in the refrain of “we hope we might make it out alive,” delivered over deep, distant percussive booms and ominous, icy synth textures – hope ultimately wins out as the refrain evolves to “we could make it out alive”.
This is a truly talented band belonging to an expanding genre here at The Deli we call "Mellow Core" (i.e. soft and slow dream pop), see them live at Silent Barn on March 28. – Dave Cromwell
This song was added to our curated SoundCloud playlist of emerging Mellow Core NYC artists here – check it out!