One more charming and bold single from Alexia Vegas, and another story that a lot of listeners will be able to relate to.
New York-based, Alexia Vegas is a singer and songwriter whose electrifying pop sound is always loaded with emotion and melancholy. Heard before on Your Love Is Like a Slow Disease, Alexia Vegas’s vulnerable lyrics return with another emotionally abused protagonist on her latest single, First Kiss (Your Love).
The song features a stellar vocal arrangement that doubles, and even triples Alexia’s vocals at some points. The composition is minimalistic, you can hear the chord progression playing behind the bass riff which relentlessly repeats, basically omitting some of the chords underneath it while it plays. A bold move, albeit a little confusing. The song is about a girl who basically gets dragged into a relationship where the other party has no intentions of sticking around, and the dread of this situation is well reflected in the music, both in the harmonically rich bridges on which the entirety of the progression is pronounced or on the bass-heavy choruses, which feature agonized and rich vocals, right alongside the battering bass part.
Alexia Vegas is a talented singer whose singles are charming, romantic, and relatable, and even her confusing choices end up justifiable in the general context. First Kiss (Your Love) is a listen that’s full of emotion and good singing.