Paige Beller

Uncontrollably

Live At Radio Artifact

Sofaburn Records

This video is as good an introduction as anything to this out and proud Dayton, OH singer/songwriter. The song is about love gone wrong: “she used to love me, uncontrollably.” Her debut for Sofaburn, I’ll Be Better, is terrific, too, although this song is from a previous EP, Space Cadet. It’s just her alone on guitar, with effects such as drum pedals, and the longing and aching of the lyrics comes through in the music, even as it’s calm and quiet on the surface

The video has some neat effects, too. At first the stage lights form a halo, and then toward the end it’s like looking at the performance through a kaleidoscope. It turns the lyrics somewhat psychedelic then, too, and makes for great, wild viewing.

Take my word for it, the video is great. So is the song. You’ll be glad you saw it.

Andrea Weiss