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Belia Winnewisser and Fatuma Osman’s debut EP Vertex, released via Swiss label Light of Other Days, grows out of a lifelong friendship shaped by shared memories, music, and late-90s/early-00s girl-core influences. Across five tracks, the record favors suggestion over resolution, exploring limerence through atmospheric, open-ended sound that balances intimacy with nostalgia and intensity with restraint. From the gentle glow of “Emerald” to a seamless Madonna cover and the club-leaning vulnerability of “Surrender,” Vertex unfolds as a cohesive dialogue between past and present, documenting their artistic evolution while deliberately leaving space for what comes next.

Belia Winnewisser and Fatuma Osman have known each other since childhood, a friendship rooted in shared afternoons of music and late 90s/early 00s girl core. Their first joint debut EP Vertex, released through the Swiss label Light of Other Days, emerges as both a continuation of that bond and an exploration of process, weaving together collective memories with their present-day musical language.

Resisting polished closure, the record circles around the idea of limerence in sound: suggesting rather than declaring, outlining atmospheres that leave room for the listener’s imagination to fill out the blanks. Across its five tracks Belia and Fatuma oscillate between the personal and the universal, immediacy and nostalgia. The opening track Emerald rises like morning light; fragile, blissful, and quietly radiant. Covering Madonna’s 80s single Angel feels natural and slots seamlessly into the EP’s arc: as a defining pop presence of the last four decades, she embodies less an idol than a subtle compass. Surrender, the first track on the B-side, draws you into the club, vibrating between vulnerability and release. Each step extends their vision further, revealing a cohesive body of work.

Vertex holds opposite poles in tension, creating a space where vulnerability and intensity create dialog. What lingers is a realm of possibilities: a conversation between two friends and collaborators who understand that sound can be as much about what is left out as about what is expressed. Vertex documents their progression, marking a milestone without concluding it. 

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Matt says: Perfectly formed, future-facing dream-pop on the resurrected cult label. Massive YES!

TRACK LISTING

A1. Emerald
A2. Rivers Into The Ocean
A3. Angel
B1. Surrender
B2. The Call