Daniella Binyamin ‘Abba’ - Review
“Abba” opens with tenderness and immediacy. The exhilarating track drags listeners into the storms of emotions as Daniella Binyamin’s intimate and soulful vocal shimmers between worlds. Somewhere dark pop, somewhere exotic. Somewhere urban and somewhere rural. The quietness and atmosphere of the night with eclectic energy of the day. “Abba” showcases the unpredictability and versatility of Binyamin as a songwriter. And in her debut EP, Abba, she dives deep into the personal, innermost thoughts as well as exploring the world around her—a flamboyant and vibrant view doesn’t come around often.
“Abba” is a gateway to Binyamin’s sensitive and emotive inner world. It’s a way for her to face up against negative emotions and straighten out the entangled threads. Poignant, poetic and read like pages from a diary, the songs in Abba is brutally honest and most hard-hitting. “When I wrote ‘Abba,’ it was only my voice and a piano. I was angry and sad, and felt left behind by people I loved,” Binyamin confessed. “When we later started to arrange and produce the songs, I realised how much I needed to write it, in order to move on.” But the process is also how she finds closure and courage to move on. “For every tangle that was straightened out, I became more and more fearless and convinced I was doing what was right for me.”
Abba is therapeutic to Binyamin, but to its listeners, it brings a tear-filled and honest experience. The songs take listeners on a long scenic trip filled with introspective moments. In Binyamin’s lyrics, they find a piece of themselves that is missing. And in her sonics, they begin to understand feelings that have escaped from the busy life.
“All That Good” is a theatrical and revealing. It’s scenic road trip while thought provoking. It awakens the distant and most intricate emotions inside your body, while the lofi soundscape meets her haunting humming is then blended with a soulful trumpet. It’s something that can’t be put down into words, but you know that’s the moment that’d get stuck in your head.
“Grand Hotel” feels like The Cranberries meets Paramore. With emo punches, driven rhythm and cathartic but sensuous vocals, the track creates such a vibe. While “Out of Fuel” makes a darker impression with all its allure and mystic.
