‘Sit Back Baby’ is one of the latest and most quietly powerful releases by Dutch Surinamese singer-songwriter néomí. It makes for a charming teaser on what one can expect of her EP ‘Another Year Will Pass’, which came out last month.
‘Sit Back Baby’ moves like a deep breath; softly, hesitantly, yet carries a quiet ferocity as she wrestles with uncertainty, grief, and self-doubt. Her voice, light as a feather but emotionally heavy, drifts through subtle acoustic textures as she tries to soothe not only those around her but also herself. It’s a self-addressed mantra delivered with tender contradiction; everything will be fine, even though she knows it won’t, and somehow that acceptance becomes its own kind of relief.
This bittersweet tension, the dance between fragility and fearlessness, sits at the core of néomí’s song writing. Born and raised in the stillness of Zwijndrecht, she has always channelled the simplicity of her surroundings into music that captures life’s paradoxes; the urge to grasp control and the necessity of letting go, the pull of nostalgia and the promise of moving forward. With ‘Sit Back Baby’, she invites listeners even deeper into that world, she expresses it quietly, raw, and beautifully human.
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