Anna Leone delivers arguably one of the most soulful folk ballads in years, both invoking feelings and emotions of old and new, in one carefully crafted song titled Still I Wait.

The song opens with a harmonically beautiful guitar introduction, giving stage for the singer’s breathy vocals. The song’s slow progression towards its peak is so expertly crafted, slowly introducing new elements one by one. At first, you can hear the low, bass-y thumps playing in the bridge, followed by quiet shakes giving a sense of time flowing by. It’s presented in an almost cinematic fashion, especially with the synthetic strings introduced about two-thirds of the way into the song. They bring such vastness to the sound, but even without them the song feels huge, yet so comfortable. It’s like you’re listening to someone play an entire band’s worth of a song in an acoustic guitar, sung and played around a warm campfire. Anna does a wonderful job layering her voice to give it that emotional depths that would’ve been unachievable otherwise, even with the beautiful instrumentation. Her choice of harmony, throughout the entire song, is astonishingly pure. It gives an air of melancholy that’s almost indescribable, but with a silver lining surrounding it. Listening to the song, you won’t feel sad or depressed per se, though I can’t guarantee you won’t, but I believe the true message of the track is to appreciate the beauty of such heart-wrenching chord, harmony, and melody. Anna did a perfect job for that.

Still I Wait is warm, and cold all at the same time. It’s joyful and sad, beautiful and horrific in the best ways. It’s a contrast of just about everything done just right. It’s a song that’ll get you in your feels just as it’ll give you answers to a potentially sorrowful heart.

Author: Nicholas Gaudet

Music producer and writer from Dieppe, Canada.