Swiss-born Alessia started playing the piano at just 5 years old and went on to study both classical and jazz piano. In 2019, Alessia left her village in Switzerland for the bright lights of London. She graduated from BIMM Music College in 2022.
While her debut EP, Modern Disco Girl, was a retro, disco soundtrack to unadulterated fun, her new release, ‘The Thrill Of It’, provides a more nuanced view of life, considering the highs of love and freedom, as well as the inevitable downs and unpredictability that make life thrilling.
Each track on the EP considers a different emotional experience. The opening track, ‘Can’t Help Myself’, provides a natural segway from the fun disco pop of her debut. It’s a joyous earworm that explores the uncontrollable nature of attraction. It is immediately infectious. ‘Can’t Help Myself’ is full of defiance and determination. This is a coming-of-age song, from an artist who is boldly steering her own ship.
The EP’s title, ‘The Thrill Of It’, captures the feeling of diving headfirst into life whilst embracing the risks. The disco pop sound shifts to a stylish, electro pop groove that seems to usher in a new level of sonic maturity.
Track Three ‘Tunnel View’ offers a poignant counterpoint and moment of reflection. In an era of digital reliance and endless scrolling on dating apps, it’s a reminder to open your eyes to real-world connections.
‘Be Be Free’ is a dreamy, hazy reflection on Alessia’s feelings about her former life in Switzerland and her desire to be free from haunting memories. At the EP launch show, this track was transformed into a poignant sing-along anthem with Alessia playing a grand piano, another nod to her artist roots.
While ‘Tunnel View’ and ‘Be Be Free’ offer a moment of reflection, the final track ‘Shake ‘n Dance’ ushers the joyful, good times back with an unapologetic floor filler. With its Salsa groove, it’s hard not to rush the dance floor.
During the making of the EP, Alessia worked with some top writing and production talent from across Europe, including Sweden’s Märta Grauers, Zarah Christenson and Antonio Cherry, Germany’s Charlie En Vogue, England’s Kushal Patel (Kushy Kush) and Jack Ducker, and Norway’s Emil Tveitå.
Words Mark Knight
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