Ani Even brings horror and a haunting message of love with ‘Be With Me’.
Akin to hearing the sweetly anguished wails of a ghostly presence, Ani Even takes the spook factor up to 11 with his latest release, the opening track of his album ‘SKINWALKER’.
We open onto stormy, swelling atmospherics and haunting strings and keys, instantly evoking intrigue and mystery. Enter Ani’s deep, quivering, ghostly vocals, singing as if from the great beyond.
‘We
We dream
We dream of a place free of hate
Could you imagine a place like that?’
These simple yet poignant lines are delivered with utmost sincerity and intensity, operatic and dramatic at their best. The stripped-down arrangements consist of the aforementioned stormy atmospherics and haunting strings and keys, making each tone, note & word feel amplified and piercing.
The next section where he soulfully sings, ‘The only thing that’s real
Is love
And you know
It’s love
And if you think about
Where you want to be
It’s love
Be with me’, is profound and moving, as his leading tenor is joined by distant backing vocals.
And just as surprisingly as ‘Be With Me’ began, it ends abruptly. It’s a track that leaves you quite stunned in silence, processing the gravity and depth of what you’ve just heard. We went back to listening to this several times, and it’s left us with a bubbling excitement and anticipation to hear what else Ani has in store for us on the latest album, ‘SKINWALKER’. For listeners to intense, horror-movie-like soundscapes, this is sure to delight!
