The honest and raw singer Tiny eyes dares us to remove the rose-tinted glasses in his first intimate single from his upcoming album.
FROM behind a 1920s upright piano, the shy whisper of singer-producer Tiny Eyes emerges, as his solemn single Just Saying touches the listeners ears. Almost as though they were wooden puppets on their last old, worn down strings, each note from the piano seems to limp into the limelight of his voice, with them, carrying a sinking feeling of remorse. Former angsty rock band frontman, Tiny Eyes pulls at the strings of the exhausted puppets, commanding them to dance a brooding duet as his track journeys through the nostalgic, sepia stage of realist love. Raw and uncompromising, the self dubbed One man band’s words follow suit, detailing a story of heartbreak and glorious infatuation with the same sorrowful rhythms as the piano.
Gorgeously intimate and vulnerable, each delicate melody laid out by the artist otherwise known as Joel Evans as he plays his beloved piano, casts up the reality of a relationship without the aid of rose tinted glasses. And as each whirling coo from Tiny eyes plants itself onto the stage, the modest vocals of his partner, singer-songwriter Martha Bean sweetly decorates the backdrop.
From the gentle verses to the pain-ridden burst of vulnerability that is the bridge, the self-produced artist contorts the fotmat of an overplayed love song, instead offering up a blunt and bleak, yet very human, exploration of the well saught after connection.
As a follow up to his 2017 self titled debut E.P, Just Saying lends the stage to an otherwise avioded topic; the story of a realistic relationship, warts and all, told through the lense of a stripped back piano, and minimalistic percussion, borrowed from the ballards of old. Tiny eyes truly does open up his heart, and throws it straight into to our ears for all to gawk at, with his honest and exposed lofi lullaby. And it helps that the sound he creates carries its own beauty that perfectly ornaments the woeful tale.