Lena Hessels has made major strides with her EP if not now, the first of three separate releases that will coalesce into a bigger full-length. The Dutch artist enters the next phase with the gorgeous, wide-eyed “my baby’s belly”, her first attempt of writing a love song. The song’s aqueous arrangements and glistened strings (by OHMME’s Macie Stewart) who plays in are delightfully reminiscent of late nineties/early zeroes electronic pop staples such as Air, Zero 7, Imogen Heap and Massive Attack.
Hessels on “my baby’s belly” “It felt very nice, it’s like hopping through a meadow. I’m safe now, I’m home. This is the first time I have intentionally written a love song, before I always felt uncomfortable writing about love.” The song narrates the intricacies of intimacy and romance in a sweet, inquisitive fashion, not unlike Björk’s 2001 masterpiece Vespertine.
It’s the perfect soundtrack to those early-spring jitters, when you allow yourself to briefly dip into that child-like eternal bliss. Furthermore, it offers another big sonic progression in Hessels’ craft.
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