Winnipeg’s Alexa Dirks who goes by Begonia dropped the long awaited album called Powder Blue via Birthday Cake Records.
A unique indie pop and soul album that has this Feist and Royal Canoe vibe.
About the album by Alexa:
“Powder Blue is more of an emotion.
It makes me think of my baby blanket, the colour of the virgin mary’s shawl at the church Christmas play, the airiness of clouds on a summer day, chlorine filled water in a hotel pool, Elvis in the 70s wearing an ill-fitting jumpsuit, the wallpaper in my room growing up, the collection of faded denim jackets in my basement.”
“The name of this album needed to be something that encompasses all of the feelings that these songs give me when they are put together,” Dirks continues. “When I listen to them as a unit, they send me back to the words, the colour.
To me, this album holds a muted nostalgia, musings on childhood, the complexities of new love, self love, religion, virginity, and sexuality.
There’s an indulgence in emotional depth and pain yet also an indulgence in love and a poppy lightness—two sides I’ve always tried to balance. I feel like I let my guard down even more with this record and decided to not hold back on either end.”
Powder Blue gets: 📷📷📷📷📷📷📷/10.
Begonia – Powder Blue [Streaming]
