Grace Conheady is an artist from Rochester, NY who has been involved with music and poetry most of her life. Her release Things You Misheard is a short collection of songs about love and the pain that often accompanies the process. It was written over a span of three years.
Conheady is a student which means she is mostly likely in her 20’s. It was almost twenty years ago I was that age but I still remember how fragile and difficult relationships were to manage for myself and others around me. My emotions were so intense it was difficult to know how to weave through that web of knowing how to deal with them properly. That intensity seems to make its way through the music in a way that only young love seems to burn. She opens with “Manhattan” which is a song that embraces the complexity of the city as if it’s a living organism. The first line she sings is “Manhattan has seen me cry, on the doorstep, on the pavement.” She does a great job melding metaphor with gut wrenching reality. One of my other favorite lines was “Lost in the city, with nowhere to go, but the places you see, heart melts and bleeds, on the subway seats.” Instrumentally, there is a lot to appreciate as well. It's dynamic, soft but powerful when it needs to be. Up next is “The Pope” and like the first song contains exceptional storytelling. The lyrics felt like a nice balance to me of poetry and direct concepts. Similar to the first song it’s delicate but powerful. These types of dichotomies are apparent in a number of ways. Up next is “October” which is the first time she kind of rocks out. There is even some fuzzy bass and some epic heights on this track. Last up is “Things You Misheard” which grows with energy but it’s a slow burn which can fade into the night. Things You Misheard hits all the right emotional notes and I think if you happen to be in a complex relationship songs like these can have healing properties.
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