Music Review: @AlfaMist and @EmmavieSXF - Epoch EP

Alfa Mist and Emmavie is a duo hailing from overseas. With that understood, it should be noted that the tag team have been putting in work. So much of the duo’s music has been listened to and posted over the last year that this EP has been long awaited. However, I never knew anything of Emmavie’s vocals or Alfa Mist’s production until now. Epoch is the culmination of those efforts that I knew nothing about prior.

Naming this EP, Epoch, is quite interesting since an epoch is “an event or a time marked by an event that begins a new period or development” or “an extended period of time usually characterized by a distinctive development or by a memorable series of events”. I guess, from the overflowing of sexy, yet subtle and somber selections, this EP centralizes around a time of lost love.

I could be wrong, though. Then again, if you heard this EP then the theme wouldn’t matter that much anyway. This is some good music.

Listening to this EP thoroughly, you can hear the troubled serenity within Emmavie’s delivery and vocal fluctuations. “Stay Here” gets into walking away from trying circumstances. With “Easily, I Forget”, Emmavie notes how she is losing the memory of a situation she once longed for. Meanwhile, “Fly Away” brings up the feeling of falling in love with someone. So, with all that is given, Emmavie works to bring delicate emotion to her work.

Likewise, Alfa Mist brings in production that easily matches the mood that Emmavie’s vocals set up. Take “Insomnia” for example. On there, there are mostly rhymes by Alfa with Emmavie on the chorus. However, the mood set by the production only enhances the feeling the lyrics bring. The same can be said for each and every track on the EP. Alfa Mist, with no doubt, concocted production that brought out a solemn feeling of love.

Bringing things to a close, this is a beautifully solemn album that will either cause people to love it or not want to deal with it. Some can feel it and rock with it; others will find it slightly depression due to its strong emotional aura. Regardless, the music is intricate. That intricacy makes for an encompassing listen. With that said, Alfa Mist and Emmavie won with an EP about a period of “losing”.