Song Review/ Alt Folk : James Lloyd Smith’s ‘Mystery’

James Lloyd Smith is a singer-songwriter and alt folk artist. The artist’s style raises your state of mind with its intricately designed musical expanses. His latest release is ‘Mystery’, an alt folk track that draws from deep spaces. It forms slowly, like valleys. It has a slow natural progression that you’ve to take at the pace that he delivers it. The rhythm blended with the layered emotions and sensibilities is what creates the experience in this track.

The acoustic guitar is accentuated with small moments of other instrumentals. All of them lifting into the vocal scenery like fluid hands to shape the feeling. There’s a contemporary touch to his music. Very evasive and indirect as they support more conventional style elements. Think a blend between Sufjan Stevens and Joni Mitchell with Nick Drake. There’s a melancholy in his tone, built into his musical persona. And it seeps out, a complex, sweet pain that takes you on evocative journeys. Listen Now!

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The track is available for streaming on popular sites like Spotify, Apple Music, YouTube Music, and Amazon Music!

You can listen to ‘Mystery’ by James Lloyd Smith here -