Goldmyth is the stage name for Jenessa Smith, a harpist and songwriter who performs
indie pop
Indie pop (also typeset as indie-pop or indiepop) is a music genre and subculture that combines guitar pop with a DIY ethic in opposition to the style and tone of mainstream pop music. It originated from British post-punk in the late 1970s and s ...
in
Provo, Utah
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. She learned to play the harp as a teenager, and is influenced by indie rock. Critics praised her ethereal and melancholy harp sounds in her tightly produced indie-pop songs from her EP ''Faded Dream'' (2017). Her single "My Mistake" had a similar reception. "Lover's Letdown" was featured in the pilot episode of the HBO series ''
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''.
Background and influences
Smith took harp and piano lessons as a child. As a teenager, she listened to indie rock.
Her influences are
Joni Mitchell
Roberta Joan Mitchell (née Anderson; born November 7, 1943) is a Canadian and American singer-songwriter, multi-instrumentalist, and painter. As one of the most influential singer-songwriters to emerge from the 1960s folk music circuit, Mitch ...
,
James Blake,
Sufjan Stevens
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.
[ and ]Death Cab for Cutie
Death Cab for Cutie (commonly abbreviated to DCFC or Death Cab) is an American rock music, rock band formed in Bellingham, Washington, in 1997. Death Cab for Cutie's music has been classified as indie rock, indie pop, and alternative rock. The ...
.[ Pyfer previously produced for ]Kaskade
Ryan Gary Raddon (born February 25, 1971), better known by his stage name Kaskade, is an American DJ, music producer and remixer. ''DJ Times'' voted Kaskade as "America's Best DJ" in 2011 and 2013. ''DJ Magazine, DJ Mag'' named Kaskade fifty-fi ...
and The Moth & The Flame
The Moth & The Flame, sometimes known by initialism TMTF, is an American alternative rock band based in Los Angeles, California.
History ''The Moth ⅋ The Flame'' album (2011–2012)
The Moth & The Flame released their eponymous debut album ...
, while Porter has produced for Haarlem and Polytype.[ Smith writes her songs using a harp and a looper in Provo, Utah.][
]
Critical reception
At ''Cover Me'', Ben Easton praised Smith's music, describing it as "washed-out and blissful, filled with malaise yet still musically vivid."[ ''HillyBilly'' praised Smith's ''Faded Dream'' (2017) EP for showing "undisputed skill in crafting tight, concise indie-pop compositions."][ ''Birch Street Radio'' reviewed Smith's debut EP, ''Faded Dream'', describing her music as a blend of her "delicate" voice with "harp ndlayers of synth and percussion." ''Obscure Sound'' described "Lover's Letdown" as alternating between rhythmically sparse and lush and "infused with glistening harp sounds".][
Her single "My Mistake" has a "melancholic pop sound" and "lush vocals" in a song with "excellent production and songwriting," according to indie music review site ''Obscure Sound''. ''Birch Street Radio'' included the song in their July 2020 roundup and noticed that the harp took center stage.][
Smith said that when she first heard Gorillaz's "Melancholy Hill", she felt a kinship with a song that led her to cover it.]
References
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External links
Official site
Living people
People from Provo, Utah
Songwriters from Utah
Electronic music singers
Year of birth missing (living people)