Until now, she’s been known for fleeting snapshots - songs that arrived one by one. This time, she’s built a small but deliberate body of work, comprising six stellar tracks, meant to be heard as a whole, offering listeners a clearer sense of her perspective and artistic style.
The collection wastes no time introducing itself. On the eponymous opening track, Micae seems to define the project whilst simultaneously showcasing her self-awareness as she states, “Girl in her bedroom, crying about her boyfriend, here we go” just before the instrumentals roll in. She is declaring herself as a bedroom pop artist, which is apt - ‘For The Record’ is home-made through and through, a fact that becomes increasingly evident as it unfolds into a blend of diaristic lyrics with a consistently light acoustic backdrop, deliberately formulated to allow her lyricism and sweet vocals to take the center stage.
While the gentle strumming behind the vocals remains fairly standard, the lyrics conjure a vivid range of images and memories that elevate the emotional depth of the songs. In ‘turtleneck’, she recalls “Grass stains on denim”, a detail that immediately evokes late-summer afternoons and the innocence of half-forgotten youth. On ‘willow tree’, she turns inward, singing of the “Soft tissue behind [her] ribs”, a line that captures both physical vulnerability and emotional ache. By including these small yet universal experiences, Micae showcases her knack for upcycling the mundane into the magical, in a widely relatable way, immortalising fleeting moments with precision and nuance.
What emerges across the EP is a portrait of an artist comfortable in quiet spaces. Rather than chasing grand choruses or dense production, Micae allows silence and restraint to shape the listening experience. Her voice - crystalline, warm, occasionally breaking at the edges - carries the emotional weight, giving the songs a lived-in intimacy that studio polish could never replicate.
By stripping everything down to voice and guitar, Micae proves that her early singles were only a prologue. This debut EP reveals a songwriter who understands that the smallest details often speak the loudest, and it invites listeners to lean in and stay with her for a while to savour the subtle phrases and delicate honesty that shines throughout this project.
Zahra Hanif
Image: Chiara Pirritano
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