Posts Tagged ‘Show Your Colours’

This girl is like the antithesis of sad.  She’s basically made of big smiles, colorful hair, and shiny clothes.  Most of her songs are upbeat and super uplifting, so it’s no surprise that even her most mournful is trying to uplift.  If anyone can drag you through the melancholy and the other side, it’s going to be her.

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Genevieve’s music has taken her from fronting the Chicago-based rock band Company Of Thieves to Los Angeles and a new solo endeavor. With the help of some of the world’s best producers, she’s been hard at work crafting bright, epic pop songs that showcase her stunning voice and refreshingly expressive personality. With a lethal combination of raw talent, a clear musical vision, and flawless songcraft, she’s off to a very strong start. In this episode of BTR Side Tracks, she performs “The Enemy,” one of the more intimate moments of the session.

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Genevieve is a born singer. As with contemporaries like Sia or Thom Yorke, Genevieve has that rare capacity to channel the physical aspects of her singular voice- The warm clarity of her notes, the wide spectrum of her vocal range, the inventive tonal subtleties- into pure expressive meaning. And like Bjork or Fiona Apple, her voice is so much bigger than her slight frame that, as it pours out of her, she both shapes it and is herself transformed by it into an almost otherworldly character onstage.

Rich in texture and multi-layered harmonies, Genevieve’s debut EP “Show Your Colors” is a triumphant collection of songs that focus on the power of celebrating one’s true self. “I am an emotional being in a world of duality,” she says, and set out to reflect this message within the musical landscape. “I wanted a lot of sonic imagery, a blend of organic and synthetic elements with colorful tones and textures. “