# ALICIA BLUE Looks Within To Acknowledge That She, Herself Is In The “Best Hands” With Her Own Presence

- Link: https://www.nyrdcast.com/alicia-blue-looks-within-to-acknowledge-that-she-herself-is-in-the-best-hands-with-her-own-presence/
- Published: 2022-10-21T15:30:00-05:00
- Author: Eugene Tierney

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“….[_Inner Child Work_] sparkles and shines, with enough darkness to provide satisfying
contrast, making it shine even brighter throughout. She is a top-notch song writer
and has always been. But her new work looks to make a bigger splash where her folkier
music would probably only have a niche audience. Intelligent, catchy, prescient.
It’s an impressive batch of songs from an evolving artist. The best of folk, the
best of pop.” – **Northern Transmissions**

“With ‘DTMTS (Don’t Tell Me To Smile)’ Blue diverts from her folk roots, instead
crafting her take on shimmering indie rock. Blue’s layered vocal harmonies and plaintive
melodies steadily build into an emotive ballad, bolstered by iridescent guitar textures
and cathartic lyrical confessions.” – **Under The Radar**

“[‘Saline Waters’] is hauntingly beautiful, and her vocals have an alluring Tori
Amos or Kate Bush quality to them. The song has a dark-wave beat that gets you lost
in the music. The picturesque lyrics linger.” – **Riff Magazine**

” … mystical and chill-inducing…. Raconteur and chanteuse of the people, Alicia 
Blue invents her own line of folk with every release.”
– **Grimy Goods**

“…listening to her songs feels like being invited into her intimate diary, a world
full of dreams and secrets.”  – **Atwood Magazine –  **_**2021 Artists to Watch**_

“Blessed with a rich, resonant voice, Alicia Blue invests every phrase of her songs
with gutsy attitude.” – **Music Connection**

**ALICIA BLUE**

**Looks Within To Acknowledge That She, Herself Is In The “**[**Best Hands**](https://reybee.us13.list-manage.com/track/click?u=f67b4587af2b2ef9aa80ed984&id=ddb29b9d2d&e=615f2b8493)**”
With Her Own Presence**

_**Inner Child Work Part 2 **_**EP Out January 20th **_**via**_** Magnetic Moon **

**OCTOBER 21, 2022 (Nashville, TN)** — “So much of my life, I’d been looking outside
to the other, to my lover, or anyone else that wasn’t me, for some sort of confirmation
that I exist, for safety, for a right to be here, for praise and validation,” says
Nashville-based magnetic indie-folk singer-songwriter **ALICIA BLUE** about her 
new single “[**Best Hands**](https://reybee.us13.list-manage.com/track/click?u=f67b4587af2b2ef9aa80ed984&id=aef73cf117&e=615f2b8493).”“
At some point, the patterns lead to a sure and slow emotional death, one with no
true enlightenment and filled with toxicity.” The second single off her** **_**Inner
Child Work Part 2 **_**EP **(out on **January 20th **_via_ **Magnetic Moon**), “
Best Hands” speaks on the frustration of being stuck in unhealthy habits and sequences.

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**“Best Hands” Single Artwork**

To Alicia, “Best Hands” is a song that feels like a self-help reminder to break 
those unhealthy habits. “It’s a tiny bomb that blows any toxic beliefs into a million
pieces until only reality is left. ‘Best Hands’ is also about wanting to be the 
girl with the most cake and then realizing you are the fucking cake itself. You 
are the best hands. You are the fucking cake. It’s all inside of you. Power and 
peace are on the inside and all in your hands.”

“Best Hands” arrives on the heels of previous single “[**Young**](https://reybee.us13.list-manage.com/track/click?u=f67b4587af2b2ef9aa80ed984&id=c3c589014e&e=615f2b8493),”
which features **John Paul White** of **The Civil Wars** and it turns Dylan’s “Forever
Young” sentiment on its head and urges acceptance in the aging process, “I don’t
wanna live forever young…I want to evolve, grow, and then get the hell outta here
when my time is up,” Alicia laughs.  

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**Alicia Blue**

“These _Inner Child Work_ EPs and my existence as an artist come from a need to 
connect and develop relationships—yet simultaneously I’ve always felt like this 
lone candle in a dark room,” Alicia expresses, describing the self-reflection she
employed in writing the songs. For both EPs_,_ the former Los Angeles native found
herself working with Nashville-based songwriter and producer **Lincoln Parish**,(
originally of the band **Cage the Elephant)**, who helped to provide a solid musical
foundation for her songs so she could focus on doing her best and most creative 
writing work to date. Recording in Nashville also gave Alicia a perspective on her
life in Los Angeles; having been born and raised in Southern California, and never
having left the city, not even for college. “Each song on the EPs are really just
about the difficulty of navigating this life and not having all the proper tools
to live it in the most successful way, and by successful, I mean the healthiest 
way. I like to think that getting this all out helps me in some way.” 

Releasing her first EP in 2019, fate fell immediately for her with Starbucks asking
for her song “Magma” to be featured in stores worldwide _via_ their Starbucks Acoustic
playlist on Spotify. Garnering immediate attention as a songwriter and singer, Alicia
quickly became a pivotal figure on the LA songwriting circuit. She’s been featured
in publications including **Billboard** and **Atwood Magazine**, as well as LA’s
legendary **KCRW**. Alicia Blue’s first full-length album **_Bravebird_** was released
April 2020 in the middle of a global pandemic, securing spots on Spotify’s influential
_Fresh Finds Pop_ and _Fresh Finds Rock_ playlists and garnering a whole new round
of buzz and attention. In January 2021, she was featured at the top of **Atwood 
Magazine**’s “2021 Artists to Watch.” **American Songwriter** sums it up best when
they proclaimed, “She’s stunning in her transformation from a dreaming poet to a
living artist, and in the short pocket of time since _Bravebird.”_

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_**Inner Child Work Part 2**_

“**Best Hands**” is now available _via_ **Magnetic Moon **and can be purchased/streamed
here [https://hypeddit.com/aliciablue/besthands](https://reybee.us13.list-manage.com/track/click?u=f67b4587af2b2ef9aa80ed984&id=1465632f66&e=615f2b8493)._**
Inner Child Work Part 2 **_will be released on **January 20, 2023**_via_** Magnetic
Moon**.   

[[_**Inner Child Work Part 2**_

**Tracklist**
1.“[Best Hands](https://reybee.us13.list-manage.com/track/click?u=f67b4587af2b2ef9aa80ed984&id=d38a72d9d4&e=615f2b8493)“
2. “Picasso Blue”3. “[Young (feat. John Paul White)](https://reybee.us13.list-manage.com/track/click?u=f67b4587af2b2ef9aa80ed984&id=434b8ef473&e=615f2b8493)”
4. “I Want It Faster”5. “Believer”

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