Brooklyn-based songwriter Rachel Lime just released her latest collection of song-stories—aptly titled STORIES—that balance the art-pop visionary’s baroque instrumental sensibilities with a lyrical flair that turns these eight tracks into a collection of literary vignettes. One of the stand-out songs arrives at the end of the record, with “Water-Lily Bloom” foregrounding Lime’s vocals atop ornate keys and a simple beat that eventually swell together into a lush sound bed.
It’s this track that Lime chose to perform for “Neighborhoods,” filming the one-song set on a friend’s rooftop ahead of the album’s release last week. The solo Akai-keyboard-and-flute rendition brings the playful yet elegant art-pop of Kate Bush to mind, whose Hounds of Love LP shared a mixer (Brian Tench) with STORIES. “This video was shot on my friend Josie’s roof in Greenpoint,” Lime shares. “Julia Jaspers is filming on her very cool Panasonic AG-DVX 100. Also included are my friends Lex and Justin.”
Check out Lime’s performance below.
