Skye Ferreira's "Everything is Embarassing"

  Skye Ferreira's new EP, Ghost, came out this October. The record is somewhat chameleonic, its songs shuttling from morose acoustic ballads, like “Sad Dream” and the titular “Ghost,” to electronica, like "Lost in my Bedroom," and punk, like "Red Lips." Many critics find the generic diversity of the EP to be somewhat random and distracting. I, on the other hand, find that the thematic continuity holds the whole thing together, and I generally find the ability to shuffle through genres so effortlessly to be edifying rather than distracting. However, like most critics I find that the last song, “Everything is Embarrassing,” is undeniably the highlight of the record.

                The song is one in which everything fits together seamlessly; the beat is perfectly fitted to the song, the synthesizer comes in at exactly the right moment, there’s the perfect amount of guitar, etc. I’m not sure if  the song is especially innovative or if any of its pieces are all that interesting. For instance, the beat could certainly be spiced up a bit, and the guitar or synthesizer could run away with us a bit more – instead of being used so minimally. However, these changes feel like they would somehow lessen the song. I’m tempted to invoke that old Romantic dictum that art should seem inevitable, inevitable is such a heavy word and it's the song's airiness that makes it so wonderful. Anyway, I'm somewhat obsessed with this song right now, and I'm looking forward to her first album:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1jtTeMgWNhA