Marianne Joyce arrives with โInventing Somethingโ sounding remarkably assured for a debut, like an artist whoโs been honing her voice long before hitting record. Rooted in indie folk but stretching toward something anthemic, the song feels intimate and expansive, carrying the weight of history while staying firmly grounded in the present. Joyce draws from her own journey of self-discovery to craft a tribute to queer love stories that were never written down, and it comes off timeless in the best wayโromantic, questioning, and radical.
The track opens with gentle, glistening guitar chords that shimmer like early-morning light. Joyce sings softly, letting her lines, โCold and gray, I am worlds away,โ drift in with a sense of tender distance. You can feel that deliberate patience to the way the song unfolds. The guitars slowly thicken, the beats begin to thump with restraint, and tension builds as the narration deepens. Her voice glides, warm and steady, letting longing do the heavy lifting. She sings about heat, friction, and the electric awareness of being seen, bringing a slow-burning cinematism to her love story.
It all pivots around Joyce, wondering if everyone feels love like this, or is it just them? The refrain, โAre we inventing something?โ captures that feeling of falling in love as if youโre discovering it for the first time, even when countless others have felt it before, like bringing your own interpretation and version to the genre of experience. And hey, Joyceโs delivery makes it sound new anyway. As the song swells, the arrangement blooms but never loses its softness, balancing intimacy with a slow-burning sense of triumph.
By the final moments, โInventing Somethingโ is all about love that refuses to stay hidden, about connection that feels too big for the chest to hold, and about finding yourself mirrored in someone else. Marianne Joyce is introducing herself as she stakes a claim, and you are gonna want to be claimed right now through this sweet, intense track.
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Review by: Naomi Joan