New Music: Ché Aimee Dorval – Didn’t I

Vancouver resident and dark pop artist Ché Aimee Dorval rounds off her new EP, The One You Feed, on a musical high note with Didn’t I.

The Canadian musician has toured or worked with Bif Naked, Sondre Lerche, and Anneke van Giersbergen; and you can especially hear similarities with the latter in the soul-bearing yet otherworldly vocals on Didn’t I.

I’d go as far as to say that you can hear parallels with The Gathering too: there are no neat musical boxes here, with alt-rock, trip-hop, and understated progressive rock motifs providing a suitably sensitive and incredibly poignant setting for the lyrics: answers and reassurances are sought, yet seemingly not received.

“Didn’t I is a slow-burning exploration of grief, vulnerability and the moment we finally drop the facade and allow someone else to see what we’ve been carrying,” states Dorval. [It] was written before I knew I was making this EP. Funny that it ended up being the last song and the one that finally said what I’d been avoiding to feel all along. Moving from quiet intimacy to a powerful, cathartic climax, it’s the closing track and the emotional culmination of the record.”

The EP was released on the 6th of November on Fools Game Records and can be heard on Bandcamp, Spotify, and SoundCloud. Connect with Dorval on her Instagram and Facebook pages for artist and music updates.

The One You Feed received support from Creative BC and the Province of British Columbia.

Header photo by Lissyelle Laricchia