Bel Cardin - Decoy - Review
NMR - Now this is different...for me at least, its tricky to find something to grab onto woith tuis one, we are so used to tempo, hookline, melody, but this doesnt have those, instead we have melancholy, dissonance, uncovnetional guitar style, but...it has something.
The mix is interesting , the stereo tremelo guitar ( I think ) the distant vocal sound, reverse FX, all thes things make it interesting, here is very little structure.
Not for everyone....but it will have an audience for sure.,
About - Bel Cardin
Bel Cardin is a 23-year-old singer/songwriter from Raleigh, North Carolina. Raised on artists like The Smashing Pumpkins, Radiohead, and Elliott Smith, and later falling for an array of indie artists that emerged in the 2010s, her melodic and crisp guitar, slightly ambiguous song structure, and meticulous lyrical imagery evoke a mosaic of alternative rock, past and present.
In 2023, Cardin released her first album, Petrify, a melancholy, guitar-driven collection of 10 songs recorded in the music studio at her college campus. Her recent single, “Decoy,” is her second release since the album, sharing artistic elements with its predecessor while displaying a step forward in production quality.
It is one of many new songs and an eventual second album to be shared over the next year. Continuing with introspective themes of human nature, vices, loneliness, and what it means to connect with the people around them, Cardin’s upcoming musical projects are ones to look out for.