Sunshine- Kelly Lee Owens
A few weeks ago Kelly Lee Owens returned with a new single called "Sunshine", and it's the 2nd taste of her upcoming 4th LP, Dreamstate. Kelly has long excelled at balancing the cerebral and the carnal, her music lingering on the fringes of the dance floor teasing an entrance without completely committing. Her last single, "Love You Got" embraced a newfound pop immediacy, and now on "Sunshine" her ambient techno has blossomed into something propulsive and immediate enough for the dance floor. "Sunshine" sounds like the sort of song that she's been building towards since the jump.
Kelly's lovely, multi-tracked phantom harmonies still waft through the mix with an eerie nonchalance, but the drums strike a snappy four on the floor pattern and the synth stabs congeal into the kind of concise, captivating melody that amplifies the potency of her drums. The synth melody is simple but undeniable, and it never wears thin throughout the song's sub 4 minute run. "Sunshine" is the sort of big-tent dance music that Owens has always seemed capable of if not particularly interested in, but like "Love You Got" it's impressive how seamlessly she's able to transition into more immediate forms without abandoning her music's spellbinding allure.