Exit Simulation, by Niecy Blues

Exit Simulation

by Niecy Blues

supported by

𝕋𝕨𝕚𝕤𝕥𝕖𝕕𝕤𝕠𝕦𝕝 In their hazy and ghostly debut, they seamlessly merge the elements of ambient, trip-hop, and dream pop to create a new canvas of murky and intricately crafted gospel, R&B, and soul songs cradled with lush vocals, resulting in a melancholic yet alluring sound. Favorite track: U Care.

Shaun Rutherford Saw you were on kranky, bought it automatically. Fantastic listen. Favorite track: Cascade.

underworld9202 Smoky, spiritual, essential. Favorite track: U Care.

Philip Graham Gorgeous ghostly landscapes that both sooth and wake you. Favorite track: Cascade.

papajoebear Just received this album today, and wow it is quite magical! Thank you!

more...

	/

Streaming + Download

Includes unlimited streaming via the free Bandcamp app, plus high-quality download in MP3, FLAC and more.

Purchasable with gift card

$9 USD or more
Compact Disc (CD) + Digital Album
Includes unlimited streaming of Exit Simulation via the free Bandcamp app, plus high-quality download in MP3, FLAC and more.

ships out within 3 days

Purchasable with gift card

$14 USD or more
Record/Vinyl + Digital Album
Includes unlimited streaming of Exit Simulation via the free Bandcamp app, plus high-quality download in MP3, FLAC and more.

ships out within 3 days

Purchasable with gift card

$20 USD or more

1.	1111 02:30	buy track
2.	The Nite B4 02:57	buy track
3.	U Care 06:06	buy track
4.	Violently Rooted 03:50	buy track
5.	Exit Simulation 03:51	buy track
6.	Exits 01:42	buy track
7.	Soma 05:14	buy track
8.	Messages From Above 00:53	buy track
9.	Lament 02:12	buy track
10.	Violently Rooted Reprise 01:43	buy track
11.	The Architect 03:40	buy track
12.	Analysis Paralysis 03:48	buy track
13.	Cascade 03:09	buy track

about

South Carolina singer and producer Niecy Blues describes her songwriting process like an undertow: “I feel a strange pull, and let it carry me, following swirling leaves… whole days roll by, forgetting about the body.” Their full-length debut, Exit Simulation, captures this sense of deep-rooted
divination, cycling between simmering ballads, ghosted R&B, downtempo gospel, and looped vocal improvisations – often within the same track. The title is taken from a science fiction novel she read during the purgatory of the pandemic, alluding to a dimensional ideation of departure – “the permission to imagine leaving.”

Recorded in her current home of Charleston, she characterizes the album’s mood in terms both reflective and raw: an exploration of things suppressed, foundations beginning to crack, “talking myself off a ledge.” The music of Niecy Blues transposes reverie and reckoning into emotive devotionals of keys, guitar, bass, synth, and bewitched voice, steeped in sacred atmospheres gleaned from a youth spent in a religious Oklahoma household: “My first experience with ambient music was church – slow
songs of worship, with delay on the guitar… even if you don’t believe, you feel something.”

credits

released November 10, 2023

All songs written, produced and arranged by Niecy Blues with the exception of “The Architect” produced by T. Morris Wilson

Mixed by Zeroh
Mastered by Golden Mastering

1111
additional production: Khari Lucas

U Care
keys: Qur’an Shaheed
bass: Khari Lucas
guitar: Niecy Blues, Khari Lucas

Violently Rooted
Additional bass: Khari Lucas

Exit Simulation
Additional production: Khari Lucas
Background vocals: Zeroh

Exits ft. Mary Lattimore
Harp: Mary Lattimore

Soma
Vocals: Durand Bernarr, KeiyaA
Flute: Aisha Mars
Keys: Qur’an Shaheed
Saxophone: KeiyaA
Drums: William Alexander
Additional production: Brian Foote

The Architect
Production: T. Morris Wilson
Vocal Arrangement: T. Morris Wilson

Analysis Paralysis
Additional bass: Khari Lucas

license

about

Niecy Blues Charleston, South Carolina

contact / help

Contact Niecy Blues

Streaming and
Download help

Redeem code

Report this album or account

If you like Niecy Blues, you may also like:

Promises
by Floating Points, Pharoah Sanders & The London Symphony Orchestra

supported by 87 fans who also own “Exit Simulation”

hypnotic and incredibly moving marsplutomusic
go to album
Shade
by Grouper

supported by 79 fans who also own “Exit Simulation”

Reminds me of getting back home after a long road-trip. That feeling of relief. The peace of being in your own presence.
go to album
Because of a Flower
by Ana Roxanne

supported by 78 fans who also own “Exit Simulation”

Bought the vinyl. Spectacular use of sound with some insane vocals overhead. David Elias
go to album
Aromanticism
by Moses Sumney

Moses Sumney’s debut full-length is full of moody, soulful songs, with warm, rich textures and tones. Bandcamp New & Notable Jul 10, 2017
go to album
Cruel à l'amour
by Frank Ene

The enigmatic Frank Ene's solo record lives in a magical world where Serge Gainsbourg fronts Yellow Magic Orchestra. Bandcamp New & Notable Nov 17, 2022
go to album
Close
by Tom Gunn Nash

British folk musician Tom Nash built these delicate and moving songs around a broken harmonium, allowing its limitations to open up worlds. Bandcamp New & Notable Oct 12, 2021
go to album
Honest Labour
by Space Afrika

supported by 65 fans who also own “Exit Simulation”

no words for an ineffable capsule of music poissonnariat
go to album