Leepeck takes an early, great, raw, unvarnished, and very humanistic turn with “Stay Alive.” It was recorded live. There’s no studio polish here. What you’re hearing is what was played, felt, and experienced at the time, which is a rare and mortifyingly vulnerable thing in today’s music world.
Based in Warsaw, Leepeck is no stranger to sensitive relationships. His folk-acoustic roots seamlessly interweave with a pop sensibility, and on “Stay Alive,” this union evolves into something intimate and soul-stirring. The song beckons you to slow down and listen from the very first note. The recording is representative of the visceral energy between the players in the room, allowing every breath, plucking, and weaving of a string, as well as the silent beat, to speak for itself.
“Stay Alive” is a subdued anthem for the broken-hearted and those barely holding on. It’s about holding tight to something when the world seems to be coming undone. Whether the memory is of a sunlit one or of the lingering smell of someone you used to love, Leepeck subtly nudges us that pain, too, can be a form of meaning. “Stay Alive” is delicate. Whisper-soft to the brink of no sound at all, it never screams, but it resonates long.
It’s this sort of song that demands attention. Not only through Leepeck’s evocative storytelling, but through the emotion he pours into every note. You believe him. You feel he’s lived the words, and that’s the whole thing. Ahead of his new album, already out on the horizon, “Stay Alive“ strikes a soft tone. Although Leepeck has already been praised by Rolling Stone and awarded honors such as Super Jedynka for Album of the Year, this new song feels less like a resume-building stat and more like an act of quiet bravery. “Stay Alive“ is for everyone who has ever needed one extra reason to press on.
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