Samantha Leon - s/t (2017)

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Written by Larry Toering, posted by blog admin

Samantha Leon is a singer/songwriter from New York, arriving on the scene with her self-titled debut EP. She has molded her style after 70’s Contemporary Folk, Pop and Rock influenced by the likes of Fleetwood Mac, Sarah McLachlan, Beatles and Adele. And although you can hear a lot of Adele in her voice, her lyrics are another story altogether. Her voice is pure just like her contemporaries, but the subject matter is a lot more mature and she doesn’t hold back the least when it comes to getting that across. This takes her a step beyond what you hear from said artist and even goes beyond the Lady Gaga’s of the world. The seven track EP kicks off with the cut “Bright Yellow Shoes(No Turbulence Mix)” which also can be found on a promo video clip, and it's recommended to help seeing her sing this. But beyond that she proves to need no necessary visuals to drive her music. It stands on its own two feet, and this opening track is just the beginning. It also stands apart as the brooding ballad that it is, with some fantastic orchestration behind it. To rate it along with the others, it’s one of the strongest tracks, but it does go into explicit gear on the second track “High.”

And it’s not hard to imagine what she’s singing about, but it’s really-just telling to stay away from the hard stuff or stay away from her. This deals with everything from smoke to beer, to get the point across. White it doesn’t merit what the first track does, the language doesn’t ruin the track like it can with some artists, as she makes it easier to digest. And this continues onto the next cut, “Run Away” but a lot less of it, and you start to hear a more straight-forward song. Her voice is remarkably enchanting on this, and it shows consistency as it gets half-way through the EP which is backed by some great musicianship. But of-course there is more to come with “Perfect (featuring Danny Matos)” in the form of a duet.

This is where the set of tracks peak, and he helps her work out one of the best numbers. Once again, her voice does the Adele thing, but with Matos, it adds another dimension.  It takes a while before he comes into the picture, but it’s enough to feature as a duet. He adds to the melody with some excellent rapping and this EP goes full on hip hop here. This is another track to display her vocal abilities, even though it has that Adele ring to it. You can’t deny where you’ve heard the tone before, but it is something to behold as well as possess. All these tracks combined with the following two are superb, and Samantha herself is a great talent with all the looks, bells and whistles. But most importantly, it’s an EP full of great music to compete with anyone out there.