Eleni Drake is back with a whisper that resonates. Her new single, “A Wonder Day,” released through MNRK, is an aural scrapbook of intimacy, memory, and quiet gratitude. The British-Greek artist, who earned a reputation for cinematic songwriting and genre-fluid style, opens her 2025 chapter with a tender and timeless song.
Co-produced with Frank Colucci, whose input you might find in the works of Ashnikko and Ethel Cain, “A Wonder Day” gently envelops you in a cozy patchwork of instrumental sounds, tender guitar, lap steel, gentle violin, the surprising warmth of trumpets, and even a humble banjo. It’s not the sum of its parts, but these moving parts dance around Eleni’s easy, soulful voice and sound like a gathering of old friends talking about life on a porch at sunset.
The true alchemy of “A Wonder Day” is in the heart it wears on its sleeve. Eleni says the song is a homage to her ultimate best friend, who lights up her life. “A WOnder Day” shows the luxury of feeling seen, the longing for someone else’s presence, and the loveliness of someone treasured from afar.
The track glistens with nostalgia, not of the longing sort, but rather the warmth accompanying old photographs and inside jokes. It is about the fullness of connection. Eleni gives us a sense of what they felt through sound, letting you become a visitor in her memory.
With “A Wonder Day,” Eleni Drake continues establishing herself as one of the UK’s most poetic and cherishably intimate voices. This is a song in which you feel you have lived inside for a bit. In a year that should deliver much more from her, “A Wonder Day” is a soft but assured start, a quiet reminder that, at times, the most delicate songs leave the most profound echoes.
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