<p><a href="https://rockthepigeon.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/Eartheareal-Affirmative-Acts.jpeg"><img class=" wp-image-21472 alignleft" src="https://rockthepigeon.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/Eartheareal-Affirmative-Acts.jpeg" alt="" width="378" height="378" /></a>Eartheareal&#8217;s newest song &#8220;Affirmative Acts&#8221; is a must-hear. The song starts off with a jazzy guitar that stands alone &#8211; strongly and confidently. The guitar tone and performance pulls the listener in, letting the know that this is something different, this is true talent. The jazzy guitar sets a tone of complexity and dissonance with its use of both a gritty distortion sound and clean jazz sound. We don&#8217;t often hear distortion on jazz licks and chords. The songs&#8217; introduction is quite long, a recorded speech plays at the 45-second mark, that talks about racism and Affirmation Action in popular universities. The song ends how it starts, with another recording, while the middle section captures the listener&#8217;s full attention.</p>
<p>After the songs&#8217; intro, Eartheareal&#8217;s vocal comes in. It&#8217;s soft, soulful, perfectly in tune, and filled with a rawness, authenticity that portrays incredible amounts of emotion. Lyrically, the song is of great importance. It sheds a light on systemic racism. Listen to the song on Spotify now:</p>
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<blockquote><p><em>&#8220;Inspired by those who claimed, eventually triumphantly, that affirmative action was &#8216;reverse racism,&#8217; &#8216;Affirmative Acts&#8217; poses the question of how any of us can know whether we are truly deserving of success when systemic racial inequities persist, rendering meritocracy a myth.&#8221; &#8211; Eartheareal</em></p></blockquote>
<p>Eartheareal is the moniker of producer, songwriter, and guitarist, Annah Omune Sidigu. Follow her <a href="https://www.instagram.com/eartheareal/">here</a>.</p>
<p>written by Ryan Cassata</p>