Taste Test: Ellen Krauss stumbles upon a ‘Criminal to Love’
The indie-pop storyteller pulls back for a stunningly magnificent performance on a new song.
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Toxic love is being robbed on the street. You’re left with nothing but mouth agape and feeling crushed by the whole incident. Even as it’s happening, you are powerless to stop the wheels from turning. Your fate then hangs in the balance. Indie-pop singer-songwriter Ellen Krauss mounts a heart-rending search through the ashes of a former relationship, one as dangerously volatile as the next, and her findings erupt into a vulnerable, stark performance. “Criminal to Love,” layered with actual police sirens, simmers in all the right ways, and her voice rises and falls in pointed crackles. “I feel he should be locked behind bars,” she sings with a tinge of regret. But it’s never overwhelming; it’s as if she’s a narrator to her own life, drawing and coloring in ripe emotional shades.
“Criminal to Love” comes after the absolute bop that was “On the Bus” from earlier this year.
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