New York based artist, Kacey Fifield is releasing her new EP on March 22nd and we’ve gotten an early listen. With six tracks, Nostalgia Haunts Me sounds like a deep dive into Kacey’s own diary and leaves us dancing around the heart-breaks of the past.
Ask Kacey Fifield how she wants people to describe her music, and she’ll enthusiastically reply, “relatable, inspirational, and cathartic.” After listening to her EP, we would have to agree. The opening tack ” Never Reply” begins with a catchy guitar strum mixed into pop synth. In the track, she sings about the battle of not responding to an ex through the hook ” I will never reply.”
“Never Reply” opens the EP with a sense of relatability that everyone has gone through. Though, when you’re Kacey Fifield, sometimes the best response to an ex is writing a whole album. The track “Blameless” takes us on an edgier trip than the upbeat openers. “How come you don’t see what I see? Your illusions got you memorized. You’re Blameless,” the bridge sings of a guilt-free lover.
Through Nostalgia Haunts Me Fifield tackles many struggles of growing up and being attached to your past. “Left Behind” shares her experience of living in the past as her life moves on around her. This track especially captures the theme of the EP, the haunting sense of nostalgia. That theme can be felt in all six tracks in one way or another.
While the lyrical nature of the project is sad and cathartic in nature, there is a sense of optimism in the catchy and danceable instrumentals. This “oxymoronical” pairing can almost depict the exact message of the album and what is means to be nostalgic. For those of us who spend nights looking through old photos and reliving memories, there is a comfort in the sadness of it all. “Nostalgia” is a sadness and a serenity.
The closing track, “Numb Pill” leaves you with her final thoughts and the realization that the heartbreak and sadness of the past is better than feeling nothing. Nostalgia Haunts Me does make you feel and I think Kacey would agree, that is a good thing!
The full EP comes out on March 22. Find it here!
