{"id":31258,"date":"2020-02-05T10:30:10","date_gmt":"2020-02-05T15:30:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.audiofemme.com\/?p=31258"},"modified":"2020-02-05T06:42:45","modified_gmt":"2020-02-05T11:42:45","slug":"premiere-leila-sunier-ghost","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.audiofemme.com\/premiere-leila-sunier-ghost\/","title":{"rendered":"Leila Sunier Eulogizes Her Past With “Ghost”"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Singer-songwriter Leila Sunier just moved to Los Angeles from Colorado in September. The 23 year-old chose L.A. out of a relative familiarity\u2014she once spent a summer interning at a music library in the area\u2014but the change of scenery is also symbolic of her ambitions in music.<\/p>\n

“You kind of transplant yourself\u00a0 [here] because you know there are so many creatives focused on their craft and they’re very serious about it and you know that you can hopefully meet people that are like-minded and collaborate with them,” said Sunier.<\/p>\n

“Ghost” is the second single released in promotion of her forthcoming EP, If Only to Bleed Out The White Noise.<\/em>\u00a0The EP, which drops February 14th, has all the trimmings of indie folk\u2014but with a little something extra. There’s the experimental elements of noise and metal, and the authentic heartache of country-blues and vintage jazz\u2014and she comes by each influence honestly.<\/p>\n

“I didn’t listen to contemporary music really until I was 13 [or] 14,” said Sunier. “I grew up in a household where we played a lot of old country. Johnny Cash, Patsy Cline, that was every Saturday. We played a lot of swing jazzers. Frank Sinatra, Dean Martin. And then on road-trips, my dad grew up as like a metalhead, so of course there\u2019s like Aerosmith, those bands from the ’80s, and whatnot. [I had] a very diverse and eclectic background.”<\/p>\n

Her debut EP is also driven by the loss and struggle inherent in coming of age, says Sunier. Within the last couple years, Sunier completed her music studies at University of Miami and ended a formative romantic relationship, and the latter is delicately chronicled on If Only to Bleed Out The White Noise<\/em>.\u00a0“Ghost” is particularly nostalgic for the initial stages of her romance, and of a life where possibilities were endless and spirits were as high as a kite on a windy day.<\/p>\n

The simple video, premiering exclusively on Audiofemme, bolsters the mood of “Ghost.” Crafted by L.A.-based filmmakers Jessie Klearman and Vivian He, and co-starring actor Gibran Zahedi-Mitchell, the video follows two lovers as they frolic smilingly on a beach, soaked in the faded colors of an overcast Santa Monica day, to the tune of Sunier’s misty, almost-familiar melody.<\/p>\n