EP REVIEW: TAMARA JENNA “PLEASURE FROM PAIN”
When personal growth meets creativity, they spark something vulnerable and beautiful. Pleasure From Pain from the UK-based artist Tamara Jenna takes shape in it most organic shape. The album collects a wide range of tracks from the darkest of the dark to the warmest of the warm. In its kaleidoscopic mixture of R&B, hip-hop, and Grime rooted in the day-to-day experience, Tamara Jenna is an artist who isn’t afraid to speak up her truth, bringing out something highly relatable and touching in its swirling, dynamic texture.
Not afraid to be aggressive and dark, the artist explores and embraces the dark moments in life. “Under Construction” is daring and enchanting, spinning on the eerie side of destruction and chaos no holding back. Jenna shows her extraordinary skills in vocal performance and wordplay, creating something so visually glaring and sonically extraordinary.
The 15 tracks album is an artistic trip that one could never get enough. Revolving around the melancholy, dark undertone, “Mind Games” has a sense of strength in its sonics, as a rose grows from the grounds. Minimal “Lost My Head” and “Paralysis” are two unique tracks that take a step outside her creative zone into the world of words.
Sonically depicts the mental image of both ideas, Jenna shines in its unique, authentic artistic style in the territory where most people fear to explore. On the emotive side, “Snakes and Ladders” has something to say in its message. “Best of Me” rises in strength and acknowledges its emotions.
Written by Katrina Yang
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