Not For Lack of Trying

Pop · 2025 · 12 tracks · 38m

Not For Lack of Trying

Intimate chamber pop where breathy, close-mic vocals meet sophisticated string arrangements. A vulnerable exploration of self-doubt and quiet resilience.

It’s like someone turned your most anxious internal monologue into a beautiful, string-drenched lullaby.

A quiet, persistent struggle for clarity wrapped in delicate, sophisticated beauty.

Not For Lack of Trying · vs · dodie

Low Energy-0.9σ

It runs a touch cooler and more held-back than this artist's baseline.

Tracklist · 12 Tracks · 38m

01

I’M FINE!

3:01

02

Smart Girl

2:58

03

Darling, Angel, Baby

2:36

04

Hold Fire

2:56

05

Tall Kids

3:38

06

I Feel Bad For You, Dave

3:03

07

Now

3:00

08

The List

3:47

09

Different

2:46

10

The End

5:02

11

The Answer

3:21

12

Not For Lack Of Trying

2:06

Moments Worth Waiting For

The sudden swell of cinematic strings that swallows the fragile vocal at the climax of The End.

The way the multi-tracked harmonies on I'M FINE! create a claustrophobic wall of sound that contradicts the title.

The transition from the sparse demo-like opening of Tall Kids into a lush, fully realized orchestral coda.

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