Any Kind Of Broken

Cassandra Jenkins “New Bikini”

“New Bikini” is a song in which each refrain has someone suggesting that someone else go into the ocean as a remedy for their problems – “the water, it cures everything.” Cassandra Jenkins sings this with sensitivy but also some degree of ambiguity, as it’s never quite clear how much she’s buying into the advice. She doesn’t come off as skeptical, though. She mostly just sounds like someone open to finding peace in any way she can find it. The music, with its light jazz feel and atmospheric brass, evokes a meditative beach setting. Melancholy, yet very serene. You can almost feel the water in the distance, maybe not something that can provide a true cure to sorrow or illness, but at least something that can offer a connection to nature and a soothing feeling of weightlessness.

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