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THE REVIEW
"Hello, and welcome to The Everglow by Mae. You are now listening to the audio portion of the album. To complete your experience, please open the booklet that accompanies the compact disc. Good, you are now ready to experience The Everglow. You’ ll know it’ s time to turn the page when you hear this sound: (the first few seconds of each track on the album are heard in succession) Thank you, and enjoy your journey."
It begins like this, with a female voice uttering these words, laid out on the gentle notes of a piano, "The Everglow", the second effort by Mae. The narrating voice invites us to accompany the listening of the album by observing the booklet and the images that accompany the song lyrics within it. This is "Prologue", the album's intro, inspired by the introductions of story tapes in the style of English storytellers. And "The Everglow" truly seems like the soundtrack of a fairy tale, such is the delicacy of every piece's sound on the album and the dreamy atmosphere that accompanies the listener throughout its 60 minutes. It is indeed through this fairy tale form that Mae intends to narrate the various stages of life, with the aid of lyrics of disarming beauty.
It's impossible to resist songs like "The Ocean" and "The Sun And The Moon", two of the most beautiful "love songs" of recent times, or the energy of "Suspension", "Painless", and "Someone Else's Arms". But citing only a few tracks would be unfair to all the other tracks, all spine-chilling, all beautiful. Striking is the attention to sounds, sweet and delicate, meticulously crafted, everything is surprisingly where it needs to be. The sensations provoked by the magical world of Everglow in those who have the fortune to enter its gates, like the little man depicted on the CD cover, are difficult, perhaps impossible, to describe. One must listen, one must allow themselves to be carried away by the melodies, so simple yet so intoxicating, that Mae manages to create. It's almost as if we've been truly catapulted into a fairy tale book!
As our journey ends, the narrating voice that introduced us to the listening resumes speaking and, once again accompanied by soft piano notes, bids us farewell like this: "Hello again. This concludes 'The Everglow' by Mae. I hope you enjoyed your journey. Goodnight."
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Summary by Bot
Mae's album The Everglow is a carefully crafted musical journey resembling a fairy tale. The reviewer highlights the delicate instrumentation, beautiful lyrics, and the immersive experience that invites listeners to engage with the accompanying booklet and artwork. Key tracks like "The Ocean" and "The Sun And The Moon" stand out as exceptional love songs, while the entire album maintains a magical and heartfelt atmosphere throughout.
