In case you missed it (and plenty of of you probably did), Dutch singer/songwriter Jana Mila was behind one of many best debuts of 2024. Chameleon (Bare) (New West) collects six of the album’s greatest tracks—songs so sturdy they lose none of their energy within the stripped-back setting.
“We locked ourselves in a gorgeous previous, transformed cinema within the middle of Amsterdam and undressed six songs,” says Mila. “We recorded them reside in a single take—all acoustic, no overdubs. With out even making an attempt too laborious, I believe we actually captured a second.”
Mila unpacks every observe for MAGNET.
—Hobart Rowland
1) “Rosie”
“That is the very first track I ever wrote. Each time I play it, it takes me proper again to my teenage self—messy, sincere and nonetheless figuring all of it out.”
2) “Like Solely Lovers Might”
“There’s a lot to find when enjoying this one reside. It has a will of its personal.”
3) “Chameleon”
“The center of each the album and the EP, the title observe distills every little thing I used to be making an attempt to say into one track. It’s in regards to the push-and-pull of identification—the best way we shift and adapt. Once I sing it stripped-down, I relive the lyrics and vulnerability of the track.”
4) “In Between”
“Impressed by my tendency to get misplaced in my head, this track is a reminder to let go of the noise and simply be current.”
5) “Any individual New”
“I wrote this simply earlier than a breakup, at a time when unstated ideas had been weighing closely. It’s a kind of songs the place fiction and actuality blur. It turned a method to say the issues I wasn’t able to say out loud—to discover laborious conversations I used to be avoiding. Wanting again, I believe I knew greater than I needed to confess on the time.”
6) “I Wasn’t Gonna”
“Everybody can relate to doing silly issues once they exit. It’s about these nights the place you inform your self you’ll take it simple, however someway it nonetheless ends messy—the small choices that spiral, the moments that really feel enjoyable till the results meet up with you.”
