Delia Meshlir Letting in the Light

Newly out via Irascible/Ba Da Bing is the second album from singer/songwriter Delia Meshlir. Entitled “Bring Back the Light”, it features guest appearances from saxophonist Sha aka Stefan Haslebacher (Nik Bärtsch’s Ronin) and Louise Maynard (Quiet Island). Apart from the usual drums, bass and guitars, the line-up also includes two Wurlitzers, a cello and a ferocious guitar solo towards the end of “My Only Child”. Delia herself, a multi-instrumentalist, returned to her original instrument, the piano, for these songs. Blessed with a voice vaguely reminiscent of Florence Welsh (+ the Machine) in timbre and range, her approach to constructing a song, though, is considerably more restrained and dreamy.

“At the age of 30, I finally began the process of fully accepting myself.” Delia writes. “Mourning made me realize how little we are in this world, yet how big we are to ourselves and to the people we love. And that love can have an impact on the vastness of the universe… I’ve wasted so much time pleasing people and not being connected to what I feel, I felt the need to connect my body, to my mind. I truly think that how we love is a subject that should take a bigger place in our conversations, because it is what keeps us together.”

Delia Meshlir
Irascible
Ba Da Bing