Opening with a sticky, grippy, itch-scratching guitar phrase and a drum pattern that keeps you on your toes, Elina Filice’s new alt-pop single Bury Me charms listeners from the off.

By Katie Stewart

This razor sharp yet rough-around-the-edges riff is a perfectly apt reflection of the exciting beginnings of a new relationship. Undeniably self-assured (in alt-genre and in attitude), buzzy and rhythmic, it pulls you in, with a sweet nostalgic haziness and an enticingly bity undercurrent.

Written about a Molson Canadian t-shirt stolen by an ex-love, the song tells the story of how this seemingly insignificant artefact – the subject of a running joke throughout their relationship – can hold so much meaning. Objects can symbolise, and solidify, intimacy between minds.

Bright vocals and complementary guitar licks exude a sense of optimism throughout, and make the track feel lived-in. The centre of the composition utilises a poppier sound, telling a love story, all around this emblematic narrative motif. Elina shows off exceptional storytelling ability; lyrically, the track is passionately potent.

A stripped-back bridge, drawn out with comfortingly crashy cymbal beats, leads into a satisfyingly cyclical final stanza – switching from “she said” to “I said” in a cathartic close as Elina reflects, with gratitude, on this clearly formative past connection.

Clever, catchy, and layered in both meaning and sound, Bury Me is a sincere new Canadiana anthem. You can give it a listen below.

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