"Violetlight," in which she dreams of a peaceful future, is one of the loveliest moments on the record. Blips of synth shimmer over her reverberating vocals like sunlight traversing a lake's surface.
Motherhood is often positioned as a service to others: From childhood, women are conditioned to nurture those around them in preparation for becoming the primary caretakers of their children. But in both songs, the singers understand their experiences of motherhood as an internal and deeply personal shift, one that transcends the loss they experience.
The way Rose thanks her child for making her a mother on 'Fog Winter Balsam Jade' reminds me of Raveena's stunning coming-of-age ballad 'Time Flies,' in which she recounts a lost pregnancy.
The vocal modulations feel like an embodiment of her attempts to change, to reach for a new self, while laying bare all the ways she has been permanently reconfigured by her pain.
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