โCinematic visionโ starts small, like a rainy afternoon in a truck, and a notes app line, that opens into a whole life philosophy. Virginia-based songwriter Heddy Edwards uses this first single from her forthcoming EP, The Other Side of hell is a heaven so delicate, to trace how grief and gratitude can coexist in the same breath. Produced and played in full band form by Alan Day (Four Year Strong) with some of Heddyโs own demo vocals folded in, the track comes off feeling very โ90s/early-2000s alt-pop radio in the best way, so that you get traces of Sheryl Crow and Aimee Mann.
It begins with the soft patter of rain and a murmur of atmosphere, as youโve just closed the car door on a hard day. An intimate strumming guitar steps forward, and Heddy slides in gently with, โI get apprehensive, but you get ruthless,โ her voice light, clear, a little frayed at the edges. She sits inside the moment, letting the words breathe while the drums come in with an easy, unshowy pulse, and the melody starts to hook into you.
As the song builds, the production stays organic, with real drums, warm bass, unfussy guitars,, but the emotions scale up. She leans into a more driving pop-rock groove as she offers herself up as anchor and witness: โI could be the one you could try to rely onโฆโ Itโs caring and exhausted at the same time, like someone holding it together.
Then the electric guitars bloom, wrapping around her vocal in vivid stereo as she delivers the line that turns the whole song into a thesis, โThe other side of hell is a heaven so delicate.โ Later, when she admits sheโs โexasperatedโ and canโt quite reach the version of herself she glimpsed โbetween the light and the leaves,โ it hits like a diary entry left accidentally open. โCinematic visionโ shows that somewhere inside the wreckage, a fragile heaven is still worth fighting to see.
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Review by: Naomi Joan