Album Track Review: Unplug and Play - Nathalia

 

Nathalia is a Los Angeles-based children's musician, music therapist and early childhood educator originally from Colombia. She applies a uniquely bilingual approach to her songwriting which ensures that she stands out from the crowd. Nathalia has released five albums to date of entirely original content and I recently found the time to sit down and have a closer listen to her work.

"Unplug and Play" is a track from Nathalia's latest album Mil Colores. The song is quite superb, with an intricate rhythm section carrying the groove and creating the space for the artist to add her delightful vocals. The song is absolutely swimming in melody, and along with its infectious groove, the music manages to captivate the listener throughout.

Interestingly, half the song is in English and half in Spanish, which keeps the listener alert to the message, which suggests, sometimes it's a good idea when things get tough to take it easy. Life certainly has its ups and downs, and I for one think it's excellent advice to 'take a break to be inspired', and 'don't hesitate'.

The middle eight sees the artist describing all the fun things that we can all do, such as 'fly a kite' or 'ride a bike' just to name a few. The importance of using your imagination is emphasised throughout the song, which is clearly much easier when you find the time to wind down and chill out.

The song finally draws to a close with a brief musical interlude gradually grinding to a halt with a superb flourish at the end. All in all a superb song from an exciting artist, who combines luscious melody with exotic musicianship, and does so with both style and finesse. Also, make sure you check out the rest of the songs on this fabulous album, which is literally crammed full of delightful tunes guaranteed to have you up on your feet

Nathalia - adventures in paradise.