Seattle’s Natalie Lew, under her moniker Sea Lemon, is excited for her upcoming EP release titled Stop at Nothing, due out August 25th of this year. This will be following her debut album that germinated during pandemic isolation and found life in the 2022 release Close Up. The upcoming EP has Lew pushing to define her artistic voice after a promising freshman album where the young artist was trying on various sounds while finding that unique one that fits best.
“Vaporized”, the latest single to come from that project, is an upbeat, shoegazey indie cut that is a perfect example of that sound. The new song is stuffed full of melancholic beauty, with twinkling guitar lines that tumble and cascade onto each other like ocean waves. Warm layers of expansive bass create a plush underpinning for Lew’s lyrics to sit upon, all of which are kept buoyant with a steady rock beat that shakes and bounces, never losing momentum. Lew sings out with hazy sugary vocals, reminiscent of the irresistible Sheer Mag, while she describes the sensation of drowning, using her passion for horror movies to give life to the engulfing dread of death. Tingling guitar lines prick your ears like pacific, ponderosa pine needles while the song drives forward, ever shifting, with dynamically lush tones and sensations that feel like an autumn in the northwest.
Stop at Nothing is due out August 25, 2023 featuring two singles “Vaporized” and “Cellar” that are out now. Listen to “Vaporized” the new single from Sea Lemon on Soundcloud and Spotify.