Minneapolis dream-pop purveyors she’s green spread their wings on Chrysalis (via Photo Finish Records), a lush, full-bodied metamorphosis in their sound.
Across five tracks, the band plants its flag at the borderlands of dream-pop and shoegaze, crafting music that balances haze and precision, softness and force.
The record opens with the swirling lift of “Graze,” a track that radiates intimate grandeur, pulling you instantly into its weightless atmosphere.
“Willow” follows, a tender yet urgent meditation on humanity’s fraying connection to the natural world, “not always loving / but formative nonetheless.”
Zofia Smith’s voice moves like wind through tall grass, riding over the fluttering yet fierce guitar lines that shimmer with cinematic melancholy and glimmers of hope.
“Figurines” unfurls next, its nocturnal, open-air soundscape inviting listeners deeper into the band’s evolving “moss music”, their self-coined term for songs that feel as organic as sunlight scattered across dew-damp forest floors.
“Silhouettes” and “Little Birds” thicken the EP’s ecosystem ties, adding fresh textures and emotional shadows to the already verdant whole.
With Chrysalis, she’s green doesn’t simply follow up 2023’s Wisteria, they expand it. The intimacy that made their debut a cult favorite is now matched with panoramic ambition, their sonic palette stretching wider and richer without losing its tactile, human warmth.
In she’s green’s hands, Chrysalis becomes a living organism. Vulnerable but resilient, it breathes and blooms in real time, offering a soundtrack for a fragile world still finding ways to grow.
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