O’CONNOR IS MORE THAN SKIN DEEP

By: Caitlin Hoffman
For BiggerThanBeyonce.Com

Look out, plastic pop princesses. Esther O’Connor can knock you into the next millennium without even stressing her vocals. Hailing from Scotland, this is a full-service, fully poetic, exceptionally gifted woman. Not only does she run her own record label with her husband, but she creates spellbinding music that can easily pass over oceans.

When I stumbled across her music, I felt like I came across gold. Each song is delicately arranged, dipped in a coating that spikes your heart with a gentle meditative trance. Her voice is melodious and crooning, and her lyrics are stuck in poignancy. It all has a naturally soothing air to it- the perfect accompaniment to a breezy day of soaking in nature or contemplating days gone by.

Out with two albums and tweeting about a third, Esther was literally born into a musical atmosphere. Her father was bassist for the Wet Wet Wets, and her mother is into writing lyrics.

But you can’t chock up all her talent to genetics. Her music carries inspiration from classic 60’s and 70’s singers, but is tweaked for the modern generation, and she manages to express the most extreme of emotions in a packaging of subtle simplicity.

You know how music, and being surrounded by people who love it, can have a supreme affect on you? When you’re in a room full of slaves to the beat, nothing else is quite as real. Anything not belonging to the world of harmonies becomes less solid. These tried and true music junkies are just the kind of people Esther’s music caters to.

In her bold, emerald-coloured eyes, one can sense a mark of true poetry, of soulfulness, of spirit. In one verse, she has more depth than a washed out celebrity singer can have in an entire album. Sometimes she’s rock, sometimes she’s folk, but her ingenuity is constant.

Esther’s voice is sensual and soft, paired with maturity and experience, and her music matches it. Everything about her has made it clear that she’s got something to sing about.

You can watch the music video for her song Lost Innocence below.
　