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... about the irony of being a kid ... : “Sour Grapes” by Maya Yenn

Maya Yenn

“Sour Grapes” by Maya Yenn

Alt-pop artist Maya Yenn is back with another freshly-squeezed offering. Refreshing as a tall, ice-cold glass of lemonade and just as bitter, “Sour Grapes” is a downright catchy tune full of nostalgic warmth, bleeps and bloops from half remembered video games and R&B-inspired beats that speaks to the frustrations of growing up.
The track opens with the click of a loading cassette tape as it warps into life and Yenn hums along serenely to a woozy lo-fi-sounding guitar. The heady scene is abruptly shattered by a video game gun blaring like an alarm clock at 6am and we are plunged straight into the track: defiant hip-hop-tinged beats, 8-bit-sounding bass and insistent vocals envelope you as you’re met head-on with Yenn’s confessional lyrics, “Supposed to be on top now / Supposed to have it all figured out now”.



Maya Yenn, Sour Grapes
Maya Yenn ist zurück mit einem "frisch gepressten" Release, “Sour Grapes” heißt das perfekt produzierte Stück, welches mit heute auf den Markt kommt. Trotzige Hip-Hop Beats ringen mit LoFi Gitarren, abgeschmeckt wird mit etwas Nostalgie. 
"Sour Grapes is basically about the irony of being a kid and looking forward to all the freedom you’re going to have as an adult and then you get there and feel like you actually had it better as a kid", erklärt Maya. 
Und genau hier schließt sich der Kreis zwischen Lyrics und Soundselection. Wer genau hinhört wird sich an vertraute Klänge seiner Kindheit erinnern. Zusammenfassend kann man sagen: Alternative Pop von Maya Yenn, wie immer erfrischend und überraschend, aber vor allem hörenswert!


Song credits:

Written and co-produced by Maya Yenn
Co-produced and mixed by Michelangelo Dousis
Mastered by Alex Gordon, Abbey Road Studios
Trumpet and flugelhorn performed by Gary Alesbroo







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