You playing out, Grimes?

Grimes

Hey hey wanna play well baby i can go go
and every other day you're running off the phone, no.
Well baby I would call you if I didn't know you but I'm paying for it.

Enchanting and melodic, Grimes brings to us a sound that hooks itself around our ears and embellishes lyrics that are charged up with dark meanings and eery pronunciations. With instruments like the harp, the keyboard and drums playing broken beats, it is to be expected that an unusual sound is to be presented to us so quaintly. Someone more interesting than Florence, but on the same page as Lykki Li and Lana Del Ray. Living through the 2000's where Outkast merged with Marilyn Manson, you would only expect a clash of musical influences. Grimes agrees and comments that she's never been an indie kid; instead of fainting at the sight of a boy with a guitar she'd be more likely to fall over her own feet to get to LL Cool J adjusting his vest and putting on another silver chain. Ok, they might be two extremes but you get the picture right? Good.

Grimes looks and acts how loads of girls, including myself, would love to just....be. Her fringe is that little bit too short, her makeup is daring and bold, the prints she wears clash, she's sexy to the guys who like "weird". Overall she's an icon of the 00's. Its hard to pin point her place in music, but when it comes to the name "Grimes" Claire Boucher allows vision and effortlessly presents music and a style that could well stand on its own.

What I love at the moment is if you were a kid growing up in the 2000's you're music palette is so varied. I used to go to clubs where you'd have a room for 'Pop', 'Old RnB & HipHop', a room for 'Indie & Rock' and (sadly) they still exist but 'Hardcore Garage and Grime". Now I'm walking into places where one minute you are doing a little indie jig  (yeh, jig) to Summer Camp and the next singing every word at the top of your lungs to Destiny's Child 'Say my name'. Ps. Kate Spark and myself definitely new every lyric, every shoulder shrug and hair flick. Could have called it the performance of the night? No? Could do though........

On that note, as Grimes sings and plays her keyboards she's creating an appeal that noone can resist and pushes the most unlikely of listeners to embrace a new sound. Her album "Visions", to be released on the 21st of the Valentines month that is February (not that I noticed or anything) is an exciting time for her. So we can only wait with anticipation and excitement about her next move once the album can be purchased. To make this album, Grimes locked herself away in a room for days, she starved herself of light and everyday ammenities in order to bring us something raw and from the heart. The superficials you might sometimes expect from an artist were out of the window for this album, so a lot of feeling and truth is offered quite willingly in every song. I love her music and what she's about and will be massively keen to see her live as soon as I can! Enjoy the songs I've posted below! FiftysAtHeart xx

"Vanessa"

"Crystal Ball"

"Oblivion"