Odeal Expresses The 'Thoughts I Never Said' On New EP

23-year-old R&B/Alte singer Odeal expertly on his latest EP Thoughts I Never Said looks deeply at how our loved ones can become strangers by revisiting a past relationship that he thought had been laid to rest. It doesn't shy away from the messiness of falling in love and the attempt to remove yourself from a shared space.

Beautifully composed, graceful strings and symphonies appear at the start of the project and are played throughout the intro ‘Landminds’.

Just over a minute long Odeal feels Brent Fiyaz-eques on the opener as he expresses the intensity of his feelings for his person despite the attention he receives elsewhere. He admits “saw you as my peace oh I thought but maybe I’ve been wrong this whole time.” Foreshadowing a growing attention.

Featuring a track from his COLORS debut, 'All That It Takes’, picks up from where we left off. The Jazzy undertones emitting from the expressive saxophone give it a dynamic and vibrant feel as Odeal attempts to sift through a mess of feelings from infatuation to hurt and confusion as he and his partner go through a difficult time due to disloyalty.

Nostalgic, the Londoner reminisces on better times as he fondly remembers the beginning stages of his relationship on the heart-warming toned You, The World Vs Me’ finding comfort in memories and the world still spins.

“On The Ground'' is a late-night seductive and sensuous pure R&B offering that involves the art of being locked in together creating a thrilling and viscous image.

The sweet ‘Bedroom Weather’ presents a different type of intimacy as the stripped-back guitar record heightens the rawness of it. Affectionally, he sings in the opening lyric “I’ve got an XL sweater, it fits you perfectly for bedroom weather”.

‘Water’ sees Odeal give all of himself over to his love interest as he looks to her with devotion in this moving contemporary jazz-ballad.

The jarring change from feelings of hope and love to anger and hurt on ‘Rigour Mortis’ leaves you spun. Meaning, a death resulting in the stiffening of muscles, there’s something about the face of the conflict being paralyzed and overwhelmed as he goes through an emotional breakdown.

‘Fine By Myself’ moves away from the vulnerability we witness throughout most of the project, and instead settles on defiance.

Odeal sounds airy and light on the track despite the subject matter as he flirts around his mental health, and uncomfortably associated with his ex-love interest, however by addressing it he looks to regain his solitude and independence.

‘Gave You My All’ is his last chance to chart the relationship from start to finish as he takes a close look at the good moments and the times it went wrong. It sums up the intense journey he has taken us on as we celebrated love and mourned loss, it’s narrative of how “from kissing and cuddling, all night long you tell me our problems, now I can't stand to see you in public” we can become strangers.

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