EARMILK EARMILK
  • NEW MUSIC
    • DANCE
    • ELECTRONIC
    • EXPERIMENTAL
    • HIP-HOP
    • INDIE
    • POP
    • ROCK
  • INDUSTRY NEWS
    • DOCUMENTARIES
    • EVENTS
    • FASHION
    • LIFESTYLE
    • MUSIC GEAR
    • MUSIC INDUSTRY
    • TECHNOLOGY
  • OPINION
  • ALBUM REVIEWS
  • GEAR REVIEWS
  • INTERVIEWS
  • FEATURES
    • FESTIVALS
    • EXCLUSIVES
    • LISTS
    • CONTESTS
    • Photo Journals
  • SERIES
    • Artist to Watch
    • Under The Crust
    • Flashback Friday
    • Suicide Sundaes
    • Daily 2%
    • The Club
    • Weekend Selector
    • Mashup Mondays
    • Artist Remixed
    • Wobble Wednesday
    • Night Rumours
    • Indie Sabbath
    • Straight No Chase
    • Straight From the Teet
  • Jobs
  • About EARMILK
  • Privacy Policy
  • Contact Us
  • Submit Music
EARMILK EARMILK
EARMILK EARMILK
  • NEW MUSIC
    • DANCE
    • ELECTRONIC
    • EXPERIMENTAL
    • HIP-HOP
    • INDIE
    • POP
    • ROCK
  • INDUSTRY NEWS
    • DOCUMENTARIES
    • EVENTS
    • FASHION
    • LIFESTYLE
    • MUSIC GEAR
    • MUSIC INDUSTRY
    • TECHNOLOGY
  • OPINION
  • ALBUM REVIEWS
  • GEAR REVIEWS
  • INTERVIEWS
  • FEATURES
    • FESTIVALS
    • EXCLUSIVES
    • LISTS
    • CONTESTS
    • Photo Journals
  • SERIES
    • Artist to Watch
    • Under The Crust
    • Flashback Friday
    • Suicide Sundaes
    • Daily 2%
    • The Club
    • Weekend Selector
    • Mashup Mondays
    • Artist Remixed
    • Wobble Wednesday
    • Night Rumours
    • Indie Sabbath
    • Straight No Chase
    • Straight From the Teet
  • Indie

Praything – Her Skin Caught The Glow [EP]

  • August 22, 2012
  • Vinny Fiorentino
Total
0
Shares
0
0

For many, the mention of Gainesville, Florida, elicits one thought: University of Florida. While Gator Nation is undeniably a prominent aspect of Gainesville's identity, as EARMILK has pointed out in the past, the city also has a flourishing DIY music scene. Back in March, EARMILK interviewed and swooned over Gainesville natives Hundred Waters, who have now transcended their Florida boundaries and reached national acclaim. Not long ago, another act from Gainesville known as Praything entered our radar, and we are certainly glad it did.

Praything is the musical conception of frontman Ju Kovacevich, who, hailing from England, spent some time in Korea, Panama, Iceland, and Hong Kong before settling into Gainesville, FL. In 2010, Ju Kovacevich relased his debut EP, entitled Born, a stripped-down reproduction of Bruce Springsteen's Born In The USA, which aside from the lyrics, bears little resemblance to its original form.

Since that release, Kovacevich seems to have redefined his sound, which can be fully digested on his recently self-released second EP Her Skin Caught The Glow. The new album is an eclectic offering of indie-pop which at times is delicate and soaring, while at others animated and driven by a percussive swirling. The variance among the tracks is welcomed, offering listeners diverse looks into the creativity behind Praything, yet never straying so far as to form an incongruity amongst the EP. In layman terms, Her Skin Caught The Glow feels like a cohesive body of music, and a wonderful one at that.

[soundcloud url="https://api.soundcloud.com/tracks/53831970" iframe="true" /]

[youtube]https://youtu.be/h7HALorp6fQ[/youtube]

The EP's opening track "The Fetter" opens fairly minimally with an undulating keyboard and simple bass drum beat, leaving the shining aspect of Praything, Kovacevich's ethereal, almost chilling, vocals, to take front and center. As the song progresses, his voice builds upon a crescendo of harmonies, ringing out ideas of lost love and past mistakes.

This notion of love is a recurring theme, for at its roots, Her Skin Caught The Glow is a break up album. Unlike many albums that stem from a heartbreaking event though, Her Skin Caught The Glow is not a self-sorrowing account of an artist looking for pity. Kovacevich instead tells of both positive and negative memories, not out of anger or sadness but merely to tell a story, which in the end amounts to much more than an album full of lamenting ever could.

[soundcloud url="https://api.soundcloud.com/tracks/55223413" iframe="true" /]

"Soon Soon", the second track from the EP, illustrates some of these memories, recounting events with an old girlfriend's mother. An intricate percussion line underlies the vocals, which showcase the versatility of Kovacevich's voice as he croons his story with a folk-esque timbre. 

The remaining three tracks continue building on the sublimity of the opening songs, each adding something unique to enhance the EP as a whole. If you enjoy what you hear from Praything, you can check out the rest of the EP over at Bandcamp.

Her Skin Caught The Glow

  • Praything on Facebook
  • Praything on Twitter
  • Praything on Bandcamp
  • Praything on SoundCloud
Total
0
Shares
Share 0
Tweet 0
Share 0
Share 0
Related Topics
  • Praything
Vinny Fiorentino

Previous Article
  • Dance Bass
  • Feature
  • Hip-Hop

Introducing: M|O|D

  • August 22, 2012
  • Logan Irish
View Article
Next Article
  • Chillout
  • Feature
  • Indie

Pair of Arrows – "Vestige" [Premiere]

  • August 22, 2012
  • Nicolas Gutierrez
View Article
You May Also Like
View Article
  • Indie Pop

Empara Mi's “Closer to Heaven” feels like dancing on the edge of a cliff

  • June 23, 2025
View Article
  • Acoustic
  • Alt-Pop
  • Alternative
  • Folk
  • Indie
  • Indie Pop
  • Indie Rock
  • New Music
  • Reviews

Penelope Road release new single, just in time for incoming tour

  • June 23, 2025
View Article
  • Electronic
  • Indie
  • Pop

Jakke practices deep love and connection with "Without Peace"

  • June 23, 2025
View Article
  • Indie
  • Mainstage
  • Pop

Dirt Flirt drops an alt-pop self-titled EP

  • June 23, 2025
View Article
  • Indie
  • Mainstage
  • Pop
  • R&B

Stephan Folkes officially unveiled a genre-defying debut album "Hazard"

  • June 23, 2025
View Article
  • Electronic
  • Indie
  • Mainstage
  • Punk

Mutual Shock delivers an electrifying debut album "Nervous Systems"

  • June 23, 2025
Natalie Claro
View Article
  • Indie
  • Mainstage
  • Pop

Natalie Claro weaves a web of defiance and empathy with "Spiders"

  • June 23, 2025
Dean Griffin
View Article
  • Indie
  • Mainstage
  • Pop
  • R&B

Dean Griffin turns the “Lights Out” and turns up the heat in 80s-laced R&B debut

  • June 23, 2025
Popular Music
  • Jakke practices deep love and connection with "Without Peace"
    • June 23, 2025
  • Bex Lindsey shares comforting production "Little Girl Big Feelings"
    • June 23, 2025
  • Blake Theriot shares self-assured anthem "Late Night Theme"
    • June 23, 2025
  • Jess Kerber shares compelling debut project 'From Way Down Here'
    • June 23, 2025
  • Dirt Flirt drops an alt-pop self-titled EP
    • June 23, 2025
Recent Scoops
  • Matt Oakley is redefining country music with heart, soul and modernity
    • May 5, 2025
  • Texas’ Blacktop Mojo does rock music the way it should be done
    • April 29, 2025
  • Tha Rapper Haiti blends authentic style with musical passion
    • April 28, 2025
  • Glorybots redefines rock with latest album 'mad.end'
    • April 10, 2025
Community Voices
  • From Machismo To Mujeres: Women As The Face Of Reggaeton
    • July 14, 2022
  • Tyler the creator
    4 things I learned on the 'Call Me If You Get Lost' tour
    • March 31, 2022
  • 4 things every artist needs to think about in 2022
    • January 27, 2022
  • The TikTok Takeover of Hip-Hop
    • January 11, 2022

EARMILK EARMILK
  • Jobs
  • About EARMILK
  • Privacy Policy
  • Contact Us
  • Submit Music
All Milk. No Duds.

Input your search keywords and press Enter.