With Joana Queiroz lending her clarinet expertise combined with the multi-instrumental talents of João Erbetta and Koosje, the song’s flow is easy, effortless, and fresh thanks to a dynamic performance by all three artists. With smooth clarinet solos flourishing just in the backdrop accompanied by a jazzy drum, piano, guitar, and funky bass line, there is a lot of subtle and effective movement throughout the track.

With Koosje lending her vocal talents solely throughout combined with her efforts on the guitar and co-production of the instrumental, her ability to showcase some Traditional Jazz vocals accompanied with solid vocals inflections, progressions, and high notes, Koosje Jazz standards performance is excellent. Lyrically, the song offers poetic ambiguity and alludes to a level of co-dependency with someone who occupies their thoughts and life to a fault of losing their sense of self. Short, sweet, and light, the structure of the song following verse/chorus/verse/chorus offers an effective flow of the track, never being overly repetitive.

In a track that is best categorized as a fusion of Jazz and Neo-Soul, Koosje offers a solid vocal performance that showcases her vocal talent without overshadowing the fluid feel of the track. In performance and track that is most similar to that of Sinéad Harnett, Koosje showcases her ear for vocals, sound, and lyricism effectively here.

Score/Excellent: Simple, fresh, smooth, and jazzy, Koosje offers an easy listen of a track with a lyricism that is poignant and ambiguous while giving enough context to elicit one’s own interpretation of the track. Effectively crisp and melodic, the instrumental works of both João Erbetta, Joana Queiroz, and Koosje truly make this track as excellent as it is due to a fresh interjection of life and passion in their performance paired with a fusion of genres/sounds from Latin to Traditional Jazz. While the simplistic nature of the track might make the on-repeat factor hinder a bit, the quality of the track’s mixing and execution is more than enough enjoyment for an overall excellent track.

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Koosje is no stranger to musical excellence, throughout her journey as a performing artist she has gone viral on social media and won a Sublime Talent Award as early as last year. Her new single from her debut album, It’s Time, does nothing short of perpetuating that excellence.

“Let Me Drown You”, featuring the equally good Artvark Saxophone Quartet, has a cool, carefree feel reminiscent of other neo-jazz artists like Erykah Badu or Raphael Saadiq. Koosje glides over the water-like instrumental with awe-inspiring ease, especially on the chorus which conforms graciously to that signature neo-jazz feel.

Koosje and the Artvark Saxophone Quartet know how to keep things simple and still impress, the track has one tone and theme and does it to significant effect, not tampering with anything by adding overly grandiose instrumentation or singing. It’s a song that would fit a jazz club and a walk around a city.

Both artists have impressed me massively on this track and show a great understanding of what makes the neo-jazz/neo-RnB genre so great. Koosje’s softly sung vocals are mixed very well, and the Artvark Saxophone Quartet, and the production as a whole, is virtually flawless. A great single for her debut.

Score/Outstanding: I don’t have any criticisms about this song, everything has been clearly thought of down to a T and the performances from both artists are too good to think about criticizing. The mixing is also very well done, keeping everything clear and crisp to the ear.

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