{"id":1938,"date":"2021-04-16T15:17:53","date_gmt":"2021-04-16T13:17:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.haumeamagazine.com\/?p=1938"},"modified":"2021-04-16T15:17:53","modified_gmt":"2021-04-16T13:17:53","slug":"christina-ward-invites-us-to-relax-while-listening-to-rent-her-latest-intimate-pop-folk-electronica-ep","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.haumeamagazine.com\/en\/christina-ward-invites-us-to-relax-while-listening-to-rent-her-latest-intimate-pop-folk-electronica-ep\/","title":{"rendered":"Christina Ward invites us to relax while listening to &#8220;Rent&#8221;, her latest intimate pop-folk &#038; electronica EP"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>Organic melodies, ethereal voices and dreamy music are the three major elements of Christina Ward&#8217;s music. Her music resemble the pop-folk songs of First Aid Kit and the neo-classical music of Agnes Obel ; Christina Ward develops a musical universe that is both grandiose and intimate, and that contrasts feelings of grandeur in her melodies with personal thoughts in her lyrics. Today, she released &#8220;Rent&#8221;, a homemade four-track EP that is as melancholic as it is dreamy. Listen to it below !<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><iframe src=\"https:\/\/open.spotify.com\/embed\/album\/3Ltu8ud3QmTtXTilGmyVti\" width=\"100%\" height=\"200\" frameborder=\"0\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\">&lt;span data-mce-type=&#8221;bookmark&#8221; style=&#8221;display: inline-block; width: 0px; overflow: hidden; line-height: 0;&#8221; class=&#8221;mce_SELRES_start&#8221;&gt;\ufeff&lt;\/span&gt;<\/iframe><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">While the universe of Christina Ward is largely punctuated by notes of acoustic guitar, it is also composed of some electronic elements which give an almost surreal feel to her music. One may have already had that impression on her previous releases \u2013 particularly on &#8220;Born&#8221;, a single released in 2020 \u2013 and this impression is affirmed and confirmed on &#8220;Rent&#8221;, a self-produced EP that has nothing to envy to the great productions recorded &amp; mixed in big studios.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Christina Ward invites us back into her world for a little less than fifteen minutes, and our journey begins with a song called &#8220;Ghost&#8221;. Certainly the most ethereal and dreamy track of the whole EP, it starts off on a few acoustic guitar chords that allow Christina Ward&#8217;s voice to settle, or should we say to split, since it is lightly layered, giving us the impression of listening to distant memories or her thoughts in her own head. Violins appear in the background around the middle of the song, adding an extra dimension and a different feel to the track.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: justify;\">Similar to Christina Ward : <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.haumeamagazine.com\/en\/cosette-her-first-ep-gameboy-shows-that-there-is-a-parallel-universe-where-the-eighties-and-futuristic-pop-music-coexist\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Cosette : her first EP &#8220;Gameboy&#8221; shows that there is a parallel universe where the eighties and futuristic pop music coexist.<\/a><\/span><\/h3>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">After listening to &#8220;Ghost&#8221; we get to a track called &#8220;Rent&#8221;. It is certainly the most folk song of the EP, however, it is also paradoxically the one with the most electronic elements to it ; &#8220;Rent&#8221; is a sensible folk ballad which subtly tells us of the idea of evolution and reincarnation.<\/p>\n<h4 style=\"text-align: center;\"><em>&#8220;You were designed, as a fossil in the ground<\/em><br \/>\n<em>But we&#8217;re all the same&#8221;<\/em><br \/>\n\u2013 Christina Ward &#8211; Rent<\/h4>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">We then listen to &#8220;Nightmare&#8221;, a darker and more electronic-oriented track than the others, before accepting Christina Ward&#8217;s invitation to open our eyes on &#8220;Wake Up&#8221;. It&#8217;s the last song of the EP, and it softly speaks of dreaming of a loved one, a story that is told over an instrumental that could easily qualify as a lullaby. &#8220;Wake Up&#8221; is certainly the best way to end the EP, as it leaves our minds filled with calm melodies !<\/p>\n<p><img class=\"lazyload aligncenter wp-image-1928 size-fusion-600\" src=\"https:\/\/www.haumeamagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/cw_rent-600x600.jpg\" data-orig-src=\"https:\/\/www.haumeamagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/cw_rent-600x600.jpg\" alt=\"Christina Ward Rent\" width=\"600\" height=\"600\" srcset=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns%3D%27http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg%27%20width%3D%27600%27%20height%3D%27600%27%20viewBox%3D%270%200%20600%20600%27%3E%3Crect%20width%3D%27600%27%20height%3D%27600%27%20fill-opacity%3D%220%22%2F%3E%3C%2Fsvg%3E\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/www.haumeamagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/cw_rent-66x66.jpg 66w, https:\/\/www.haumeamagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/cw_rent-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.haumeamagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/cw_rent-200x200.jpg 200w, https:\/\/www.haumeamagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/cw_rent-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.haumeamagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/cw_rent-400x400.jpg 400w, https:\/\/www.haumeamagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/cw_rent-600x600.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.haumeamagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/cw_rent-768x768.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.haumeamagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/cw_rent-800x800.jpg 800w, https:\/\/www.haumeamagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/cw_rent-1024x1024.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.haumeamagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/cw_rent-1200x1200.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/www.haumeamagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/cw_rent-1536x1536.jpg 1536w\" data-sizes=\"auto\" data-orig-sizes=\"(max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Christina Ward is a singer &amp; songwriter from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA. She began to cut her teeth in the music industry on her own, by performing on a few local scenes. She then collaborated with bands such as &#8220;your kids&#8221; or &#8220;Our Bodies Themselves&#8221; and today, she pursues her career as a solo artist, and aims to express negative thoughts &amp; states of mind in the form of introspective songs.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p>Christina Ward is to be found on\u00a0<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/linktr.ee\/Cward\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">all streaming platforms<\/a><\/span>. You can also follow her\u00a0<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/christina.ward.music\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">on Instagram<\/a><\/span> !<\/p>\n<p><em>\u2013 Disclaimer : curated through\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.haumeamagazine.com\/en\/contact-english\/\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">MusoSoup<\/span><\/a> #SustainableCurator.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Organic melodies, ethereal voices and dreamy music are the three [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":1930,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[51],"tags":[1052],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v15.1.1 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Christina Ward invites us to relax while listening to &quot;Rent&quot;, her latest intimate pop-folk &amp; electronica EP - Haum\u00e9a Magazine<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.haumeamagazine.com\/en\/christina-ward-invites-us-to-relax-while-listening-to-rent-her-latest-intimate-pop-folk-electronica-ep\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Christina Ward invites us to relax while listening to &quot;Rent&quot;, her latest intimate pop-folk &amp; 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