Kaitlin Bell was raised in Seattle and moved to Portland in 2019 for college. She started writing and playing guitar when she was eight, but explains she really began to take music seriously when she was seventeen. Either way in my opinion she is still at the very beginning of her musical career. I myself was in college for music about twenty years ago and I still feel like there is always more to learn and pursue.
Welcome To My Mind is a good title for the songs. The songs deal with the standard and normal things young people deal with when growing up and come of age. “Blue” is first and is made up of strummed minor and major chords, vocals and a little bit of lead guitar. The focus really falls on the lyrics and her wonderful vocal performance. “You Don’t Owe My Anything” deals with a classic turbulent relationship of young love. What’s funny or interesting to me are the lines where she is waiting for the person to text. This topic is timeless but the technological aspect is novel. If this song came out when I was her age it would have been about waiting for a phone call not a text. Love it. “Still Thinking About That Crash” is a melancholy ballad of sorts with picking and strumming on the guitar. “Paint Me” and “Pretend Love” stay similar in terms of the music. “Let Go” had some memorable melodies and thought this was a great vocal performance. “Portland Sun'' laments about negative emotion but also has a cathartic quality. Last up is “You’re Me” which has some solid lead guitar and more solid vocals and fantastic lyrics. The songs are well written but my main critique is wanting to hear some more instrumentation throughout the album. There’s not much going on besides the strumming of mostly minor and major chords and occasionally lead which sounded great but some piano, drums, etc. might have helped with the dynamics and energy on at least a couple of songs. Overall, I thought this is a very solid foundation for a young and upcoming artist. She puts a lot of emotion into her songs which you can feel in your heart and think a lot of people especially around her age range will be able to relate to her sentiment.
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