‘Let Me Stay For A While’ by Emma Nilsdotter is a 10-track alternative folk album by the singer-songwriter that captures the heartache and healing in the aftermath of a heartbreak. The lyrics hit deep, with a soulful resonance that reminds us that love, heartache and empowerment are all very human experience.
And hence, inherently imperfect. The lyrics hold in them an instant signature that feels timeless and classic. This while the soundscapes rhythms and melodies seem to give the album this lively sound.
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‘Let Me Stay For A While’: Track-by-Track
‘Let Me Stay For A While’: ‘Let Me Stay For A While’- ‘The Story Of Billy Ray’
We start with titular track, ‘Let Me Stay For A While’ that introduces us to the bright, loud and blues-like melodies that characterise the rest of the album’s soundscape. Its lyrics seem to foreshadow the collection’s narrative, condensing each mood down while giving us a taste. It teases master storytelling and expert playing that helps make the narrative engaging & immersive.
We then move to slightly moody ‘What Happened To You, Jolene?’, which is arack complete with strings and cascading guitars. It bittersweet melodies seem to reference the Dolly Parton classic ‘Jolene’ in its lyrics, attempting to draw her perspective while giving us a bit more context for one of our two main protagonists.
The pace then swiftly picks up with the Frida Öhrn feature ‘I’m Not Your Girl’, that brings in a tentative brightness after the last track’s deeper tones. It seems to answer the narrator’s question from the last track, while serving a loud guitar-led album for the independent “I don’t need no man” girl.
Its sassy, frustrated and infused with sharp wit.
‘Suitcase’ brings us back to this sense of tentative reminiscence and melancholy. The nostalgic tune feels like stroll down memory-lane, lingering where strong memories and emotions lie. It relives those times where the seeds of a strong personality were planted before they have to leave to blossom.
“…(I’m leaving town only with) that old suitcase you gave to me…
…What I thought was you and I will never be….”.
‘The Story Of Billy Ray’ seems to introduces us to our second protagonist of the story, Billy Ray who “…was a lonely child…”. Our omniscient narrator shows us the life of a lonely boy with a lot to prove. The bittersweet track is backed by flutes and those ever-present guitars, helping give the song this immersive feel.
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‘Let Me Stay For A While’: ‘Meet Me Uptown’- ‘On A Wire’
‘Meet Me Uptown’ is the closest this guitar-led album comes to an expansive, almost synth-pop banger. It describes two pretty much star-crossed lovers meeting somewhere where their worries would almost melt away. They answer the call of the music while ushering in this sort of new beginning.
‘Shelter In The Storm’ is a sweet track, building with trotting percussion and distant guitars that help its soundscape feel expansive. Its mood is again, tentative, while our narrator sings of a love that feels like a stabilising anchor. Someone who calms them, giving them refuse from that swirling mental storm, putting them at-ease.
“…You guide me home for shelter in the storm….”.
‘On A Wire’ introduces a bright, full guitar sound that sounds a bit deeper. Its soundscape feels like a pacing trudge, with this interesting sonic shift at its refrain that seems to stabilise our narrator for only a moment. The narrator laments on this long trudge, this balancing act that feels relentless with only a few moments to suck in some air. “…Will this be the longest run ever known to man?…”.
‘Let Me Stay For A While’: ‘I Still Do’, ‘It’s Not Me, It’s You’ & Conclusion
The second track with a feature on the album is ‘I Still Do’ with Erik Jansson. This duet finds us all at a groovy inflection point, years after our main protagonists have been separated. The two seem to remember their longing when a country song begins to play on the radio, allowing them to reminisce and wonder if they’re on eachother’s minds.
This Dire Strait’s-esque track holds in it an emotionally cathartic climax that makes it a definite stand-out on the album.
The final song on the album (and it’s single) ‘It’s Not Me, It’s You’ finds our point-of-view character (the narrator) in an empowered space. Its a track bright with this sense of clarity and even indifference. Our narrator finds themselves a few steps past heartbreak, at a point of acceptance and forgiveness that feels like the sassiest way to close out an album.
“…It’s not me, it’s you….
…I’ll never be your heaven, there’s nothing more to it….
…Now get out of my way,…
…I’m on my way…on the move…”.
Conclusion
‘Let Me Stay For A While’ by Emma Nilsdotter is a bright album that deals with a story of a whirlwind, empowering romance that ends in heartbreak. But its lines also seem to find something uplifting to take away from that separation and sorry, in the end.
The album is out on the 22nd of February!
The Artist
Emma Nilsdotter is an artist, singer and music producer from Sweden. Her rich, emotive vocals paired with her heartfelt and soulful lyrics infuse a personal touch while offering a fresh perspective on Americana.
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Listen to ‘Let Me Stay For A While’ by Emma Nilsdotter on the 22nd of February!
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