Nedelle Torrisi Releases New LP ONLY FOR YOU Out Today
By: Macon Prickett May. 18, 2018
Beyond her own work, Torrisi has contributed and played with a number of artists and bands whose ranks include Ariel Pink, Dev Hynes and Sufjan Stevens. Her accomplishments extend to being the "Dear Abby"of the indie rock world by way of a long-running advice column called "Advice from Paradise." In the past The New York Times has said Torrisi has "a guileless voice, an instrument of earnest pleasure and petition," and Stereogum has noted her music has "80s synths that imply carefree pop, but Torrisi's gorgeous, layered vocals add depth that the '80s themselves never achieved."
Only For You was conceived while Nedelle was living in the Bay Area but came to fruition during a somewhat impulsive move to back to Los Angeles. She was in San Francisco for both law school and love - her long -distance boyfriend, also a musician, lived there too. The goal was to study, have her worldview challenged, and try out a different way of living. After a year of this life experiment, she had learned what she did not want, and the one thing she needed to make sense of it all was music. When the relationship ended, she packed a U-Haul and moved back to Los Angeles to "channel a wiser, tougher version of myself into soulful songs that are both hot and sweet."
Once in LA the process moved quite rapidly. All of the recordings are based on demos that she made, and the LP finds Torrisi playing keyboards, guitar, and violin, and of course, handling vocal duties. Lyrically, Torrisi was inspired by her favorite poet, Emily Dickinson who she says "distilled sweeping ideas into a potent, direct form." She further explains, "this is what I strive for in terms of lyrics. A song is a three dimensional place which you enter for around three minutes. My goal is that you will see my intention with clarity and immediacy." Looking to another poet she also cites a Francois Villon poem as an influence, describing it as "deep and slightly sarcastic. There is beauty in all of the suffering and it's our job to find it."
Only For You Tracklisting
1. Love To The Limit
2. Rich Kid's World
3. Discipline
4. Complicated
5. Candy
6. Bad Dream
7. Good Love
8. Slow Motion
9. Could You Be Down
10. Vision of Love
11. Show Me Your Face
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