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Folk Singer/Songwriter Faeya Explores Resilience and Vulnerability in Stunning “Brave Obsession”

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Faeya
Fri Jan 14, 2022
Cashbox Canada

Vulnerable and raw, riveting and real, multi-talented Canadian folk singer/songwriter Faeya explores resilience and perseverance with the release of her new single, “Brave Obsession” — available now.

As one-third of her most recent EP release, The Blue Period: Volume 1, the Toronto-based indie artist lays it all bare on “Brave Obsession”’s melody, donning a courageous face as she boldly goes where so few have the resolve to venture: the inner workings of one’s heart.

“I wrote this on my acoustic guitar, inspired by the feeling of hopeless dependency of a young infatuation,” Faeya explains. “This song flowered into its folk-inspired sound over several late- summer days at Dream House Studios in Toronto.”

From there, it was between her, recording engineer, Calvin Hartwick, and instrumentalist, Sean Royle, that “Brave Obsession” grew to the sounds and textures we hear on the final cut. “I had been listening to a lot of music by great folk artists like Joni Mitchell and Nick Drake while writing this song, which influenced its sound,” she adds.

The song unearths the longing and resilience to keep pursuing, even if faced with the possibility of hurt and rejection — a deeply mature and ultimately intimate portrait of conveying the heart’s desires. While many shirk the notion that we could allow our hearts to feel this deep, Faeya allows her emotions to feel every fiber, every fragment of want, which she conveys in her music. “The song is different from the others on the EP because of its guitar origin and conversational lyrics,” she muses. “I wanted to tell a story, but still leave it up for interpretation.”

The Canadian songbird is finding early success in her ethereal ballads, having culminated streams online in nearly 60 countries, and thousands of spins on Spotify alone. Her striking, piano-driven, cinematic style pushes the boundaries of songwriting for Faeya, giving her an instrumentation edge among the peers of which she shares her genre.

Combined with her profoundly poetic lyrics, it’s clear that this gifted songwriter was born to pen the music that most of us would be too bashful, too scared, too reticent to reveal what was really churning inside our core.

This artist, however, is bold, prepared, and not at all afraid of giving what’s inside permission to hang out in the light, and cast away shadows of doubt. On this track, and of the entire EP, Faeya is bravely obsessed with telling the truth.

For more on Faeya check out:
faeyamusic.com/
instagram.com/faeyamusic/
amazon.com/Blue-Period-I-Faeya/dp/B09KY421TM/

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