Sydney label Rice Is Nice seem to have hit a pop jackpot with their newest signing, Seja Vogel. Her upcoming album We Have Secrets But Nobody Cares is a diverse yet consistently well-executed album that I’m only digging more and more with each listen.

Apparently Seja is a loyal fan of vintage synths and built the album almost exclusively using them, yet the geekery and knob twiddling never obscures what gives this album it’s heart and soul – well honed, emotionally direct songs. It’s precise in structure, yet charmingly handcrafted in it’s delivery.

The album’s sound bounces all over the spectrum throughout it’s playing time – at times it features gorgeous, wash-laden shoegaze textures, at other times it’s burbly, quirky electropop. The songs almost always feature Seja’s vocals upfront along with layers of vocal harmony overdubs which aid in giving the album a consistent flow despite the shifts in styles.

Check the bottom of this post for a stream of “Sing Me The Song Like You Said” which really jumped out at me. The album’s coming out on March 27th and I highly recommend you get hold of a copy.

Seja will also be launching the album next week at The Sando in Newtown on Friday, 23rd of March with Otouto and (the ever-brilliant) Ghoul.

Listen

Sing Me The Song Like You Said:

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