Brighton-based artist Georgie Sweet returns with a stunning double single, “Smaller / All That We Were,” a bold new chapter released via the revered First Word Records. Moving effortlessly between gilded, glo-fi R&B and jazz-kissed neo-soul, these songs provide an intensely intimate listening experience, raw, unappeased, and undeniably magnetic.
“Smaller” unfurls like a confession murmured beneath dim lights. The production is rough but immersive by design, allowing Georgie’s ghostly vocals to vivify every lyric. There’s a painful honesty here, shrouded in dreamy textures that legs and feel both fragile and vast. It’s a song about minimizing yourself for the sake of someone else, a soft request for room, acknowledgment, and the right to expand.
With lush yet understated instrumentation, “Smaller” embodies the core neo-soul minimalism in which every pause, every echo, and every subtle change in Georgie’s tone tells part of the story. This track stays with you long after the final note fades into the ether, the residue of a bittersweet smile.
Changing direction while keeping the same depth of feeling, “All That We Were” dives into a warmer, jazz-adjacent silky groove, drawing the listener into a space for reflecting. Georgie’s delivery has a quiet yearning as if dredging through the detritus of a past relationship, wanting to maintain the warmth of what once was while also recognizing that it is temporary. With its caramel-smooth production and intricate melodic layers, this song conveys the feeling of looking at old photographs, their colors are still vivid, but the moment is over. It’s the equivalent of watching dusk descend over the city, slightly melancholic, hopeful, and lovely.
Georgie Sweet creates moments, emotions, and echoes of lived experiences with “Smaller / All That We Were.” With an embrace of organic, slightly rough-hewn production, she redefines vulnerability in a fizzy, authentic, and profoundly resonant way. This double single is a soulful storytelling, hazy R&B, and jazz-tinged soundscapes.
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