Nick Helgesen, Scrimshaw Porn mastermind, closes 2024 with an iconic effort, Eleonore. Perfect for Megan Thee Stallion and Lil’ Kim fans, this indie-pop gem layered with dreamlike electronica is a heartfelt medley of history and personal narrative over lush, dynamic soundscapes.
Spawned from a shard of World War I history (a soldier carving his daughter’s name, Eléonore, into a chestnut leaf), Nick reframes the soldier’s longing within a contemporary context. Echoing his brief moment of intimacy with a mysterious woman outside one of his shows, Eleonore connects centuries of longing in both ageless and modern sound.
Halsalls Bow, which opens with a lullaby-like piano line, clearly to try and lure us into its lush and ethereal world. Layer after layer of ambient electronica and seething synths fuse, forming a part close-up air and part big. Nick’s spectral singing harmonizes deep within the production, conjuring the nostalgic warmth of ’80s balladry while unearthing crushingly contemporary implications.
As Eleonore builds to a crescendo, it offers moments of raw emotional release tempered by more intimate intervals of stillness. Lovers of Elliott Smith and Noble Oak will be pulled under the song’s deep emotional well, while the exacting layering of sounds is a feast for audiophiles to devour.”
This new offering reinforces why Scrimshaw Porn is one of the strongest axles in the indie/dream pop wheels. So, following on from Edgar Allan and Good Girl, Nick stops at nothing to create music that is as much an emotional punch in the gut as it is a way for the most cerebral part of the human experience.
With Eleonore, Scrimshaw Porn doesn’t simply tell a story, it drops listeners into a narrative that stretches across time, bringing echoes of history to the texture of contemporary sound. Get ready to be moved, haunted, and wholly seduced.
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