Brooklyn-based artist Rachel Lime crafts steady, synth-driven electronic pop textures. In her latest track, “Nacrée,” her vocals add a sultry layer to a gently pulsing backdrop, creating a soothing and atmospheric musical landscape. The result is a collection of celestial sounds that steep you in fantasy and vague nostalgia. Rachel Lime’s upcoming album, STORIES, is a series of dreamlike fables meant to evoke half-remembered myths from childhood and beyond.
“This is a spring 2020 lockdown song I wrote about desire when I wasn’t able to fulfill it. The lyrics are completely unaltered from that first iphone notes app draft and I built the song around the words, playing around with sampling my own vocals, sighs, breaths.
I wanted sounds that brought to life the lyrics, the ‘long blue afternoon’ and ‘sea and milk,’ the ‘black strand’ of the seashore as evening falls. Water, and specifically the ocean, has always had such a sensual, sexual connotation for me—the salt! The grit of sand on your skin. The sun and water touching every part of you. It’s funny because I’m definitely repressed in that I struggle to take myself seriously singing a, idk, kind of sexy song, but it’s exactly this kind of boldness I wanted to bring to this album. Less lonely, intellectual pining—more risk and drama.”
Rachel Lim on “Nacée”
“Nacrée” is released ahead of Rachel Lime’s upcoming album, STORIES, out independently on April 10th. Pre-order available here.
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