Alicia Clara hits upon dream-pop perfection with new single “Five”

Alicia Clara has always believed music to be a full body and mind experience, something which has reflected in the fragile dream-pop she has dispatched so far. "Five", the lastest release by the Montreal artist, comes as the lead single from her forthcoming EP Outsider/Unusual and warmly echoes such a sentiment.

Having explored styles ranging from psych and alt-pop right through to shoegaze with her band, Clara has very much settled into a winning groove with this poised and meditative track. There is a nostalgia embedded in the airy nineties guitar tones as she pensively ruminates on failed relationships and the human condition on earth.

At the same time, there is very much a healing quality to "Five", which comes as a therapeutic and effortlessly honed pacemaker for the full upcoming collection which arrives in February 2021. “It’s a bit of a self-fulfilling prophecy," shares Clara of the track. "About having finally forgiven past hurt, all the while still being unable to let myself feel anything out of fear of getting hurt.”