Taken from Princess Chelsea's debut solo album, the reassuringly titled Everything Is Going To Be Alright, 'The Forest' is a strutting, self confident, expansive slice of guitar driven indie rock. On one level, it feels as though it might comfortably share sonic space with the more garage rock driven tracks from Angel Olsen's My Woman album, but there's a darker, slightly gothic aspect to the track that suggests discontent bubbling below the surface.
This might feel out of character when set against Chelsea's musical past in Auckland bands such as Teenwolf and twee pop outfit The Brunettes, but the whole context of Everything Is Going To Be Alright is of a sort of musical comfort blanket being created from a state of darkness so maybe it's not so unexpected after all.
Sit back and enjoy this sprawling slice of indie rock, let it take you by the hand and lead you through the big scary woods, and back out again.
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