review Sometimes Life Just Life’s 04.07
Independent soul artist Carina Fernandes delivers a seamless blend of humour and insight on her single “Sometimes Life Just Life’s.” The jazz/soul infused offering is a playful but deep dive into mental health in the modern world. Against a smooth drum groove, soft horn riffs and mellow pads, Fernandes reflects on the days when life is life-ing, and the only way to get by is to roll with the punches and savour the moment instead of worrying. Armed with a distinctively soft but gruff vocal texture, Fernandes captures the feeling of those cloudy days with lines like
“I don’t really feel like picking up my phone today/If you really need me, you can just text
I’m gonna Netflix and Chill all by myself/And I might even order in
I can hear my mama screaming, You got food in the fridge
But today I don’t care”
At the end, it serves as a form of self-care and the realization that life will happen regardless.
The single was recorded in London’s Dean Street Studios (Ed Sheeran, Ceelo Green) during Carina’s first self-organized summer tour, a two-week journey through 4 countries with 7 shows that became both creatively rich and emotionally demanding. Touring without a guide for the first time, she learned on the road and experienced firsthand what it means to keep going while feeling stretched. That lived experience seeps into the song’s core – stating, “I will never go on tour without a tour manager”
written by: Tayo Odutola - full article: https://www.thewordisbond.com/carina-fernandes-accepts-that-sometimes-life-just-lifes/
