It’s not every day you encounter a song that sounds as if it’s from another era, yet speaks to the present day. “Temperance,” the new single from Melissa Lingo, known as meka, is a whole world folded into three and a half minutes of sound. And what a world it is.
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“Temperance” possesses a deceptively complex structure. The song departs from familiar patterns, avoiding standard verses and predictable choruses. Lingo’s voice is pure, evocative. The strings play a key role, adding a cinematic quality to the song. They are what hold the composition together, like glue bonding mosaic fragments. Without these strings, the song might unravel, but with them, it achieves a rare balance: fragility that remains steadfast.
Melissa Lingo’s work under the name meka is a bold blend of contradictions. “Temperance” is both old-fashioned and modern, simple and complex, filled with nostalgia yet sounding fresh.
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