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The British-born alternative artist i Was Eros has just dropped Mercedes S. The new track follows a series of recently released singles, which were compelling and distinctive in their scope and style. Mercedes S is similarly adventurous and ambitious. The new track is a haunting and mesmerizing song about the emotional hurt and fall-out from a relationship breakdown. Utilizing a trademark alluring vocal style, rich and littered with subtle nuances, Mercedes S has a typically poignant and sharp-eyed lyric, which is more akin to a lament, a raw confession that pulls no punches yet reveals a personal dynamic using dramatic insight and psychological discernment. The track straddles the line between minimalistic indie and dark pop with the result a surreal and stunning genre-defying amalgamation. As i Was Eros says of the new release, ‘The song is about the pain of not being enough for someone’, and this subject’s multilayered complexity is channelled into a cohesive and captivating luminosity, with accompanying sonic precision and clarity. The opening line of the song, ‘I could never afford you, cried seas of diamond sins and it was never enough’, sets up the emotional level, continuing until the chorus, with its descriptions of passionate interplay at the mercy of a poisoned power dynamic, and this, in turn, becomes more highly-charged as the track continues. The imagery here is used to emphasise heightened emotion, the push and pull turmoil of the narrator, yet it also manages to become a perfect pairing to the sonic textures, the musical choices made to reveal this unfolding story of pain and hurt. Mercedes S is ultra-contemporary and super fresh, an enticing slice of indie-pop that is as confrontational yet exhilarating a ride as the themes it outlays. It’s sure to get added to a slew of streaming playlists and attract decent radio play too, no doubt confirming i Was Eros’ burgeoning reputation.
