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Let Me Breathe

Must Fly Free: Shayla McDaniel bravely ends the heartache on ‘Let Me Breathe (How to Break Our Hearts)’

Realizing that hearts were breaking unnecessarily, Shayla McDaniel decided to make a much-needed change for the soul to replenish again on the breakup-fused single called ‘Let Me Breathe (How to Break Our Hearts)‘.

Shayla McDaniel is a Knoxville, Tennessee, based alt-pop and RnB singer-songwriter and multi-instrumentalist, who soars over the vocals with dignity and grace, her message is of fairness and equality, backed with vocals that have you in awe of her stunning ability.

“This song was inspired by a relationship that wasn’t good for either of us,” McDaniel said. “Neither of us truly wanted to be there, but we stuck around because it was what we had grown used to.”- Shayla McDaniel

You feel her passion, each word is sung with such meaning and you totally get where she is coming from. Her mind is maxed out with no love left – as the winds have changed and a new mentality has made you two polar opposites – despite your best efforts.

Let Me Breathe (How to Break Our Hearts)‘ from the sensational RnB/alt-pop musician Shayla McDaniel, is an inside look into what needs to happened when two humans who once loved each other, have morphed somehow into actually suffocating their own souls. To be free, you need to fly to where you feel stimulated spiritually as that is how you truly blossom into who you want to be in this wild world.

Hear this truthful song on Soundcloud and see more on IG.

Reviewed by Llewelyn Screen

Finding space to heal again: ‘Let Me Breathe’ from Makichi is a mysterious journey full of wonder

Makichi intrigue us all yet again on their latest alt-electro single named ‘Let Me Breathe’. The thudding knock-like sounds of a hammer smacking a wall is the start here what will certainly get you to sit up and take notice. With their band name meaning- Us-Who-What- they are a group that like to turn up the voltage of proceedings and be heard wherever they go.

The Iranian/French duo storm into the chilly lake of 2020, with a vibrating lightsaber of energies that Luke Skywalker would be proud of. The story of needing to get that extra fresh air after a traumatic time is woven all over their latest creation. Trying to let this pain go is proving hard as the dark ruins of current time loom larger over like a thunderstorm that won’t go away.

The vocals are magnificently portrayed with luster and there is haunting energy here as they want to laugh again but can’t right now until the healing process has finished its natural process. Sometimes this takes lots of time and might never truly go away. All you can do is find somewhere close to find that fresh air and brush off that stale air that has fragmented all over your tired soul.

With a chorus that is moody and brilliant, ‘Let Me Breathe’ from Makichi is a call from this talented couple for the world to calm down so that we can all get back into a relaxed state away from the tears, stress and heartbreak that has consumed most of us. All we can do right now is be around those that we trust and keep our hearts safe from more pain.

Hear this new track here on their Spotify and find out more on the Strasbourg based duo on their IG and Facebook.

Reviewed by Llewelyn Screen