Cleo Sol – Mother

Cleo Sol

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Hier kan ik heel kort over zijn. Een verademing dit album, een indrukwekkend verslag van het net begonnen moederschap van Cleo Sol, de zangeres die bekend is geworden als onderdeel van het mysterieuze en briljante gezelschap SAULT.

Op 20 augustus 2021 deelde de zangers het onderstaande bericht via Instagram:

Everything is real

I do this for the Younger me, that didn’t always speak what was on her heart & that made herself smaller to fit others ideals.

I’ve never felt as present as I do now. I’ve always tried to embrace where I am in life, but at certain points you just get lost, and don’t have the awareness to navigate yourself out and into the light. I guess life happens in waves, and thinking of that always gives me peace in the moment.

I became a mother this year, and it’s been the most transformative, uplifting, heart melting, strength giving experience thus far that led me to write this album.

We had plans to take a break but Gods got jokes and was like, now you guys create and have fun, so we did 🙏🏽☺️🤝

Mother was born, and truly it was a beautiful, growing experience. We worked with a small team of hand picked individuals, who helped make this music so special and whose intentions were aligned with the honesty that I was looking for and who trusted the vision. I want to continue this process of making music with people who are in a pure space at the time.

Creation is sacred in all forms and I’ve always respected the space that it takes you to.

Thank you @yardmanflo for seeing me, from day one, for believing in my true ever evolving self and illuminating it 💖Thank you to Ben Baptie, Tom Archer, Sophie Ellis, Graham Godfrey, Kadeem Clarke, Nathan Allen, Michael Jablonka and Alex Bonfanti, without each and every one of you showing up everyday this wouldn’t have been possible. Thank you to Chris Elliott for your lovely arrangements they give me goosebumps. To Nathaniel Cross🙏🏽 And to every single person who contributed to the record I thank you for your grace, and for showing up with pure intentions for the music.

Thank you Nathan for all you do for us, you are truly one of a kind and I cherish you like a brother. Thank you Amber & my Forever Living Originals team, you guys are amazing.

Just know being true to you and your heart is the most bravest thing you can do, you must walk in your truth, and it’s okay to be scared whilst doing so.

I hope you enjoy ‘Mother’ And I hope you find some peace.

P.s – There are a few hidden tracks 😉

with love

C x

Cleo Sol – Mother

Diezelfde dag werd het album beschikbaar gesteld via een aantal streaming diensten. Via via hoorde ik dat het album uit was en werd er direct door gegrepen. Het is een ontroerend verslag van haar net begonnen moederschap en een terugblik op haar eigen moeder. Confronterend, warm en opvallend eerlijk over de mislukkingen uit het verleden, de twijfels of ze ‘het’ wel goed zal doen.

Tekstflarden als

• Your bitter tongue is sharper than a knife / Cut so deep inside / Don’t care with a smile / That I am a child
• Ain’t no time to cry / I’ll fix what’s broken and live my life authentically / It’s not far away / The road to peace happens when I pray / I’m not asleep / There’s bigger dreams that didn’t fit for you / but will fit for me
• Mama, please, stop acting twenty-three / You’ve got responsibilities / Are you still stuck in your teens?

zijn hartverscheurend en verdrietig, maar het album is toch positief. Kritiek wordt vergezeld door begrip en vergeving, en mooie boodschappen, zoals

• I wrote a letter to myself and it was full of promises / One for you and one for me / Love is not our enemy
• Know that you are loved / Even if you don’t love yourself
• We don’t know what life will bring / But a good heart will bring you the best things / Something to laugh about, nothing but peace / A moment of happiness can last forever

De dankbarheid en trots wordt door Cleo Sol prachtig verwoord: Thank you for sending me an angel straight from Heaven / When my hope was gone, you made me strong / Thank you for being amazing, teaching me to hold on / Blessed from above with a heart full of love.

Het album is intiem, oprecht en is instrumentaal indrukwekkend. Jazzy en vol met soul, voor mij de ontdekking van 2021. Luister en huiver!

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Bij dit verhaal is een video opgenomen. Klik op de volgende link om deze te zien: Video: Cleo Sol – Mother. De A Pop Life afspeellijst op Spotify is ook aangepast.