Simone Seales – Dearest
Simone Seales' debut album of cello and poetry shares memories of their first queer romance with the reflective glimmer of a nostalgic storyteller
On their debut album, Glasgow-based cellist Simone Seales is able to recapture and share experiences of queer love that should be lost to time by angelically bowing the strings of their cello and expressing the feeling of longing that comes from remembrance. Accompanied by poetry penned by Seales, the spoken word on Dearest is performed by award-winning multidisciplinary artist Mele Broomes, who shares memories of Seales' first queer romance with the reflective glimmer of a nostalgic storyteller. The energy created by this sharp poetry intertwines magically with the tone created by both Seales' cello and Broomes' cadence.
On there are no accidents, a slight distortion of Seales’ cello is the shifting cue that this piece will act as a guide to love’s dynamic nature that sometimes elicits a more agitated or nerve-racking sensation within a partner. The shift ruptures the feeling of warmth and holds the pain that the relationship caused Seales, which they are reckoning with through their music. Taken on a journey of queer love, Dearest’s reflective nature welcomes the challenge of holding tight to fleeting, tender moments before they manage to slip away.
Listen to: there are no accidents, I release you