Los Angeles-based singer-songwriter jeanie, also known as Christy Lamb, delivers a chilling and cathartic new anthem with her highly anticipated follow-up single, “Ashes,” a genre-fluid, jaw-dropping tale of grief, strength, and the subtle, artistic uprising that comes with starting over after disaster.
Steeped in folk rock, dream pop, indie rock, and shoegaze, “Ashes” toggles between raw emotion and ethereal sonics. The song borrows its breath from a real-world tragedy, specifically the Eaton Fire of January 2025, which belched flames across the artistically minded Altadena neighborhood. But this is no ordinary disaster lament. jeanie is dialing into the invisible, communal ache that remains long after the smoke is gone. “I was working on something else,” Jeanie tells me, “but this song just called itself forward.” That urgency is palpable in every note.
“Ashes” is like a whisper in the wind, uninvited but necessary. It speaks to the burden of losing not only homes, but also memories, art, and history, all that was irreplaceable. With a stacked production that suggests shades of art rock and new wave, the song gradually emerges, the emotional stages of grief bolstering it to its full height. jeanie’s alternately earthy and otherworldly singing gently guides you through charred ruins. Under the melancholy chords runs a quiet pulse of change. “Los Angeles has always been a place for dreamers and rebuilders,” she says. And fittingly in that spirit, the song is a call to reimagine, not just remember.
In a world that’s unraveling on multiple fronts, “Ashes” feels like a revolution, albeit a quiet one. It’s an elegy for the past, but also a blueprint for the future. Joins indignation, exuberance, and female positivity through packed tunes, set to the sweetest, most beautiful vocals hipsterpop ever had to offer. With this release, jeanie establishes herself not just as a songwriter but as a documentarian of emotional survival. “Ashes” reveals its meaning. It wonders what we’ll make of what’s left.
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