The lead single, Till I Find My Guy, from Arianna Neikrug’s forthcoming sophomore studio album, Deep Blue, is a panoramic expanse of the weightless feeling that hits when you catch yourself yearning for a figure to fulfil your future. The New York City-based performing artist, long rooted in the city’s jazz community, stepped beyond standards through this seminal release and let her voice move through pop-soul with gorgeously open sincerity.
Filling the wide-open space in the production with intricate piano motifs and one of the most resoundingly sincere voices we have had on our radar this year, Till I Find My Guy carries an almost fantastical element. The arrangement begins with piano-led intimacy before growing into a chorus warm enough to make romantic optimism feel like a physical place.
This one is for the lovers as much as it is for the dreamers. Given the celestial quality of Arianna Neikrug’s grace-led performance, it is almost impossible to believe that there is a soul within this material reality worthy of stepping into the fantasy.
Fans of Joni Mitchell, Carole King, Laura Nyro, Sara Bareilles, Brandi Carlile and Lianne La Havas should feel instantly at home in the emotional architecture of Deep Blue. Till I Find My Guy delivers the ultimate escapism through romanticism, while placing Neikrug firmly inside her own new songwriting chapter.
Till I Find My Guy is now available on all major streaming platforms, including Spotify.
Review by Amelia Vandergast