Inez Leon finds poetic stillness in motion on new EP 'Del Alhelí'

On her mystifying sophomore EP 'Del Alhelí', Inez Leon looks to rebuild her past in quiet, breathtaking fragments. The Mexican-Korean artist steps fully into her newfound identity here, threading together folk-rooted guitar, spectral electronics, and whispered introspection to craft an EP that aches with memory while carving space for healing.

Leon’s compositions feel truly warm and emotive here. There’s a hush to everything as each note lands softly, and each lyric delivered with intent. But beneath the softness is something even more potent; an emotional gravity that never begs for attention yet pulls you under all the same.

The title-track sets the tone, grounding the release in the geography of personal history. There’s both reverence and reckoning in the way she evokes the street that shaped her, turning it into a metaphor for everything she’s left behind, and what still remains.

On the other singles ‘Dios A Ella’ and ‘Tan Lejos’, Leon leans deeper into her heritage, allowing her voice to move naturally in Spanish. She sings with a calm urgency, as if trying to untangle something that can’t quite be named. The arrangements glow with understated complexity as acoustic guitars, contributed by Pablo Langaine and Eric Barrita, ripple with delicacy, while ambient textures swirl throughout.

'Del Alhelí' is a reckoning told in hushed tones. In processing heartbreak and heritage, Inez Leon delivers her most focused and resonant work yet, one that gently insists there’s power in being tender, and clarity in choosing quiet over spectacle.