Tune: Ivy - I've Got A Feeling
Title: I've Got A Feeling
Artist: Ivy
Album: Apartment Life (1997)
Lyrics
This was a song I often listened to on the radio back when I was 12-13? And I forgot all about it until several months ago - I was at the causeway on the way back to Singapore when this tune came up on the car radio. I felt...hmm how should I put it? It didn't make me feel happy happy, but it's this certain fondness you'd feel when you had just chanced upon an old item from childhood, remembering in an instant the memories associated with it. Anyway, I TrackID-ed it but for some reason, did not get around to getting my hands on the song until tonight! I've been listening to it on repeat for the past few hours and I just...I just love it. I also managed to get their album as well :D Will give it a full listen some other time. (If you want either of the two, just ask!)
Something I got off a review here which describes them & this particular song perfectly:
Ivy's music is, largely, chilled out adult contemporary, pretty poppy, and usually about relationships, exactly the kind of stuff I usually find to be way too cheesy and juvenile, but this New York trio is anything but that, and I've come to love them. They create such mellow, such cool sounds overlaid by Durand's breathy French accented vocals that are somehow powerful and very subtle and understated at the same time. Most importantly, at their best they tap into REAL emotions with a direct but languid ease that I have never really encountered before in pop. While listening to Ivy, it just feels like they're talking about my life without ever referring to anything specific, just bringing up emotions and vibes.