If you’ve never heard of Lexie Carroll, that is likely going to change very soon– and not just because you’re reading this. At the age of seventeen, she has already released a successful EP and landed herself on multiple Spotify-curated playlists, such as New Music Friday, Fresh Finds, Our Generation, and Lost in the Woods, which, in and of itself, is quite an achievement.
With her latest track, “if i built my home from paper,” she offers listeners a slow and delicate, indie pop tune that sounds as though it would seamlessly fit into any movie ever made. While her voice is, at times, barely even a whisper, the imagery is emotional, stylized, and heartfelt, though you cannot help but wonder which mic they used to capture such a quiet vocal performance. Lexie claims to have written the song for her mother, though it more closely resembles a lullaby for a mother to sing to her child.
When the track was submitted for review last week, Lexie had just over 20k monthly listeners on Spotify. Today, as I write this, she is closing in on 60k, so I am getting the review out of the way before she’s no longer indie enough for the blog.
-TM
