May 13, 2025 (Oakland, California):
My Inner Rest from Briana Marela is out digitally and on limited edition cassette/CD June 6th. Today we are excited to share the second single from the release, “Grasshopper”.
On “Grasshopper” Briana’s voice is sampled in short, pitch shifted processes creating an otherworldly ambient and percussive soundscape built from her own voice. Its ethereal expanse ranges from minimal to maximalist, in a lyrical exploration of the need to keep moving forward and not dwell upon the shadows of the past that can never truly be revisited.
My Inner Rest is a collection of 12 electroacoustic songs performed live by Briana Marela in the Mills College concert hall. With her emotional vocal performance as the focal point, she carves out a minimal yet lush space for swirling and skittering synths, vocal sampling, and live processing to caress and accompany her journey of reconnecting with her creative spirit. Combating self-doubt while redefining her relationship to her artistic practice, My Inner Rest is a vital document in learning how to love and have compassion for oneself.