Francesca Blanchard – New Year’s In Paris (Tone Tree Music) [LOCAL]

Beloved BTV indie-pop songwriter Francesca Blanchard’s latest single is a “letter to solitude and the city that helped (her) through it.” The song is a keyboard-led ballad which builds from a minimalist intro to the type of grand climax that many of Francesca’s best songs have. Lyrically, the song’s dream fantasy of being rescued from loneliness is one that I think most of us can relate to, given the isolation of recent months.

FCC: Clean

RIYL: Mitski, Phoebe Bridgers, Maggie Rogers