SINGLE REVIEW: GILAN “SCREAMING”
Gilan’s voice has the texture of poetry that glazes in a natural richness that compresses layers of feelings in brutal honesty. Inspired by early PJ Harvey’s musical style and Fiona Apple, “Screaming” creates a world of true freedom where darkness and the real feeling can be explored and expressed.
Unlike most songs that cling onto certain textures or sounds, “Screaming” shifts between shapes and tastes in the vibrating reverberant electrified, glaring soundscapes that stimulate and communicate different stages/phases of the struggle with one’s demons.
Western grunge influences and Middle Eastern’s sophisticated, historical flavors meet at a crossroad of introspection where they weave into a unique yet personal expression of the UK-based artist Gilan’s music. “Screaming” is hauntingly mesmerizing and it gets under your skin.
As an LGBTQ+ person growing up in the Middle East where the discussion of many topics like darkness, mental health, or one’s true feeling is suppressed, music is where Gilan finds freedom where she can explore herself freely and truly and become who she wants to be.
Written by Katrina Yang
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