Anna Westin, a folk inspired singer songwriter, is about to release her latest album. LEV, follows Westin on a beautiful and cathartic journey and she explores the depths of some powerful topics including literature, philosophy, and Westin’s work as director of anti-trafficking initiative The JAM Network UK.
LEV is an evocative, stirring body of work that draws from her strengths as a songwriter and vocalist. She sings with both the words and their cadence holding great depths of untapped emotion.
Track 1, ‘Bright Burning Mess ’, is a subdued expression of profound feeling. She sings, backed by acoustic lead instrumentals. It’s an opening tune that’s full of hope, cloaked in Westin’s signature soulfulness.
LEV has a fittingly ambient, open-ended sensitivity, which feels an encapsulation of Westin’s sound as a whole. Drawing on her own experience in humanitarian work Westin’s vulnerability and openness shines through when tackling such hard hitting topics with such sensitivity.
‘She Said I Let it Go for Lightness’, meanwhile, dials up the meditative reflecting and finds the singer lost in remembrance of the past. The theme of nostalgia and sombreness is further imbued with feeling by its ghostly chorus.
With collaboration from Voka Gentle’s Ellie and Imogen Mason, mixed by Marcus Hamblett (Villagers, James Holden, The Staves, This is the Kit), and mastered by Harris Newman. The abstract texture of the production is perfectly suited to the unique styling of Westin.
Overall, it is an exciting and auditorily luxurious taste of what is to come for the talented songwriter. If she keeps moving on this upwards trajectory, the best may well still be yet to come.
Check out Anna’s music below!