Come to the Table: A Seasonal Collection by Wes Reeve

If you’ve ever wanted a song for every, individual season, then look no further than Wes Reeve’s music and her “Come to the Table” playlist. This Indie artist has been breaking the mold of tradition by releasing numerous singles throughout 2020 and 2021 that are written with a specific season of the year in mind. While some songs are more obvious as to which season they belong to, such as “Summer Queen” and “I Feel a Chill”, each song is able to produce a unique aesthetic that places the listener into picture perfect snapshots ranging from the bright flowers of spring to the crisp, chill winds and leaves of fall.

Songs such as “Flowers in my Hair” and “In the Rain” guide the listener to embrace the rain and sunshine dance of early spring. The back and forth of the weather during early spring can be understandably frustrating and unpredictable. Reeve’s embraces these two contradictory attributes of spring weather by creating the same push and pull of “sun” and “rain” in her springtime songs. “Flowers in my Hair” contains a usually fast, upbeat tempo that changes halfway into a slower, more reflective pace, before returning to its previous vibe.

“In the Rain”, on the other hand, starts with a more frantic, minor background music that emotes the quickly falling raindrops of an April shower, while Reeve’s singing is as strong and powerful as a thunderclap. This song, too, changes pacing into a more gentle, light and airy cloud with a harp and string-led backdrop of music, like the rain is pausing for a brief moment of calm. Both songs contain distinct shifts between light, peppy, and gentle with minor, dramatic, and memorable, to audibly display the rapid changes in spring weather along with the anticipation of new life in nature.

While Reeve’s spring songs contain the life and energy of nature starting over after winter, her fall collection contains the soft, sleepy, stillness of fall. “Outgrown” starts off quiet, like the beginnings of a calm, autumn morning before it grows in volume with piano keys punctuating the music like brightly colored leaves falling one by one from the trees. As the instruments and the tone of her voice match the general ambience of fall, the lyrics speak to a common sentiment most people (and animals) face as summer’s warmth fades and the end of the year approaches. In “Outgrown” Reeve reflects on her and another person’s past about “when we were younger/we had each other” before she acknowledges they’ve changed beyond just a physical, surface level: “I’m changing also/No more a child/I’ve let go of the girl you used to know.” As the song ends, the music slowly fades away, just like the last few rays of sunshine before winter sets in.

Each song in this ambitious collection of nature’s seasons stands out on its own as an entirely new entity, while also being able to flow well with the other, much like how the earth’s seasons can merge smoothly into one another. Wes Reeve’s ethereal and melodic voice can match either the quieter, softness of a still winter night or the intense, warm sunshine of a summer’s day perfectly. Her versatility in singing has allowed her to work on this project that stands out as something new and original.