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Heavyweight
Singer-Songwriter · 2012 · 6 tracks · 25m

Heavyweight

Smoky piano and weeping cellos create a thick, nocturnal atmosphere. A six-track exploration of the physical weight of heartbreak and the slow process of recovery.

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It's like a warm blanket made of beautiful, piano-driven sadness for when you just need to feel your feelings.

A dense, cinematic exploration of heartbreak that feels like a heavy physical weight being slowly processed.

Heavyweight · vs · Rachael Yamagata
Brooding+1.2σ

Brooding saturates this record notably more than the artist's norm.

Tracklist · 6 Tracks · 25m
01
Heavyweight
3:23
02
Has It Happened Yet
4:39
03
It'll Do
4:23
04
Falling in Love Again
4:01
05
Nothing Gets by Here
4:44
06
Keep Going
4:33
Moments Worth Waiting For
The way the cello swells and groans beneath the piano on the title track, mimicking the physical sensation of a heavy heart.
The transition into the more rhythmic, driving pulse of Keep Going that provides a flicker of resilience after the preceding gloom.
The breathy, almost-cracking vocal delivery in the opening of Has It Happened Yet that feels like a secret shared in a dark room.
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