Leonie Evans is a blues vocalist and songwriter whose compositions wander to classic forms of music like jazz, soul, and contemporary forms like neo-classical instrumentals, modern pop, etc. Her compositions often boast a theatrical theme that nicely plays into the aesthetic that she has going of a classic yet experimental style of blues and ballads. Her latest single ‘I Really Do’ especially carries all of these interactions and elements, throwing open a chest of sonic perspectives and nuances. It features the talent of Gina Leslie, Sam Gelband, Ajai Combelic, Lyle Werner, and Anders Christopherson.
The track chronicles the mind of a girl who is insecurely in love. It is such an artsy soundscape with such beautiful and explorative elements; all designed to demonstrate the sentiments of a soft, gentle lover with a wounded past who cannot seem to trust her present partner. Leonie plays around with tonalities and harmonies, melody design and instrumental dimensions to curate such a specific soundscape that carries a plane of suggestive darkness underneath the lilting and light atmosphere. It presents like a ballad but also a contemporary pop track but also a neo-soul composition. In this ambivalence, you might perhaps catch an evasive passion, a restlessness, a romantic heart, and a lonely mind, all forming simultaneously. Listen Now!
The track is available for streaming on popular sites like Spotify, Apple Music, YouTube Music, and Amazon Music!
You can listen to ‘I Really Do’ by Leonie Evans here –