Music / Premature Love Songs

Premature Love Songs is an EP by Panamean Singer-Songwriter Michelle Blades.

It contains a mixture of Folk Music, Indie Rock, Lo-Fi and Ambient in what could qualify as one of Michelle's most intimate albums.

Tracklist

1. "Most of the Time" (1:38)
2. "In the Dirty Water There Is Me" (2:10)
3. "Perhaps My Perspective is Unclean" (0:56)
4. "3 A.M." (0:30)
5. "Let's Make a Deal" (1:34)
6. "Hot Soup" (1:55)
7. "L'Étoilette" (2:03)
8. "8 A.M." (0:26)
9. "No Soy de Aquì Ni Soy de Allá" (3:58)
10. "Montreuil-City Windowsill" (2:59)
11. "Stargazing" (3:22)

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This EP provides examples of:

• A Cappella: "8 A.M."
• Ambient: On "L'Étoilette".
• Anaphora: On "Perhaps My Perspective is Unclean":
  Perhaps my perspective is unclean
  Perhaps the unknown is the mean
• Cover Version: "No Soy de Aquì Ni Soy de Allá" is originally by Facundo Cabral.
• Drone of Dread: One continuous drone on "L'étoilette".
• Face on the Cover
• Folk Music: On "Most of the Time", "No Soy de Aquì Ni Soy de Allá" and "Stargazing".
• Genre Roulette: This album can switch from lo-fi Folk Music to experimental orchestra to Salsa-influenced Rock in a few minutes.
• Instrumentals: "3 A.M." and "L'étoilette".
• Limited Lyrics Song: "Most of the Time":
  I like to be alone most of the time
• Location Song: "Montreuil-City Windowsill". Montreuil is located near Paris.
• Limited Lyrics Song:
  • "8 A.M."
  I see you between the sea
  And you
  And the city
  • "Perhaps My Perspective is Unclean".
  How can I be assured
  When I can't be sure
  Of the light
  I look up into the dark sky
  For Solace
  Perhaps My Perspective is unclean
  Perhaps The Unknown is the mean
• Looped Lyrics: "8 A.M."
• Lyrical Cold Open: On "Hot Soup":
  Fuck. Everything.
• Miniscule Rocking: "3 A.M." and "8 A.M." last around 30 seconds while "Perhaps My Perspective is Unclean" lasts under a minute.
• Music Videos: For "In The Dirty Water There is Me" and "Stargazing".
  • A teaser video for the EP showscases a longer cut of "Perhaps My Perspective is Unclean" and could qualify as one.
• One-Word Title: "Stargazing"
• Self-Backing Vocalist: Michelle overdubs her own voice on "8 A.M.".
• Self-Referential Track Placement: Zigzagged. "8 A.M." is the eigth track of the album but "3 A.M." is the fourth one.
• Silly Love Songs: Subverted, despite the EP's title. Not all songs talk about love, or rather in an abstract way.

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