Dana Powell is reflectively resounding in her debut 4-track EP, Mirrors, featuring the standout piano pop score, Have I Found You.
The Canadian, US-residing singer, songwriter, and pianist applied an elevated classic pop touch to her arrestive single, produced by the Grammy Award-winning engineer Philip Larsen, who has also worked alongside the pop legends Lady Gaga, Katy Perry and Kylie Minogue. Clearly, Powell fits right into that iconic triad of pop icons; her songwriting pulls you through the progressions by your heartstrings as the minor piano keys hammer against her evocatively glassy vocal lines and a vignette of romantic malady and euphoria plays out with arresting panoramic colour.
The tentative romanticism which lingers through the lyricism is the ultimate testament to her maturity as a songwriter. Can we agree as a society to stop championing the 18-year-old artists churning out pop tropes about loving someone forever when they’re just experiencing lust and uphold artists in the same superlative pop vein as Dana Powell?
Have I Found You was officially released on July 10th; stream it on Spotify.
Review by Amelia Vandergast
1 Comment
Alexander
26 July 2023 at 4:37 pmAmelia, it was a real pleasure to read your post – you write so beautifully that every word sounds like a chord. Sorry, I’m just impressed, really. I also love piano music and thankful to you for introducing Dana Powell – awesome, really. Good luck with your wonderful writing!