Taste Test: Izzy Heltai imparts a roaring ‘Marching Song’
Promising folk newcomer unpacks a heavy story with his new song.
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Both beautifully romantic and tragic, Massachusetts folk dreamer Izzy Heltai ties his reedy vocal cords around a timeless melody, which incrementally builds with mournful wailing until his soul splinters right down the middle. “Marching Song,” a viscerally-wrought memento, fixed with brassy trumpets that flow as foamy and rich as the sea green tides, delicately and profoundly analyzes the desires burning a hole in his heart. “It feels like only yesterday I learned that I could be healed,” he sings, as he glances downward at his uneasy, tatted feet that drag and scrape the dirt. Piano splatters on a backdrop of acoustic guitar, which has been wrung clean to release tears of its own. When you think you know what to expect, Heltai strikes out with delightfully unpredictable melodic and production choices that leave you breathless.
“Marching Song” anchors his upcoming EP, Only Yesterday, out April 19.
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