 
Brooklyn singer/songwriter Alexz Johnson has just
released her new EP ‘Heart’ this comes
days after she completed a run of live dates in
the UK and Ireland. Now Alexz Johnson is a workaholic
when it comes to performing arts as she has acted
in various different films and tv shows including
Final Destination 3, Smallville and various other
and she also released her debut album ‘Voodoo’
back in 2010 and her debut EP ‘Skipping
Stone’ in 2012 and now nearly two years
on from ‘Skipping Stone’ she has released
her new 4 track EP ‘Heart’.
‘Heart’ is quite a personal release
for Alexz Johnson as throughout the 4 tracks she
shares some of her personal experiences. The EP
opens with ‘American Dreamer’ a song
which really shows off the vocal range and song
writing skills of Alexz Johnson, seriously her
vocals are incredible and the louder you listen
to the music the more enjoyable things become
as you start to appreciate Alexz Johnson singing
her heart out.
‘This Is Heartache’ is not as infectious
and beautiful sounding as the opening track but
instead it is full of tasty synths and is generally
a good listen as Alexz Johnson sings about heartache
with catchy lyrics of “Found a new best,
keeping me so young, pulled you like a trigger
and shot you like a gun since you’ve been
gone, it’s killing me son, I think about
you every day” and ‘Love is unkind,
love is so cruel, sending back the letters that
i’ve sent you, my velvet red heart’s
all black and blue” which seriously shows
off what a great lyricist she is.
‘Nothin’ On Me’ is a big soulful
sounding songs where the vocals really shine,
whilst the EP closer ‘Thank You For Breaking
My Heart’ shows off a more chilled yet serious
side of Alexz Johnson as she just lets loose with
her vocals and proper goes for it showing off
her impressive vocal range in a big positive way.
If you are bored with the current crop of female
singers topping the charts and what something
a bit different then check out ‘Heart’
by Alexz Johnson as it is a straight up honest
4 track EP which features a wide and impressive
range of music throughout it’s 15minute
running.
4/5
Review by Trigger
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