After winning hearts with “Don’t Lock Me Out” back in March, the Randwick, Australia-based singer-songwriter returns with a striking new release, “A Little More Time,” out today, May 9, 2025. With this latest track, Al Kenizo continues to prove that vulnerability and artistic honesty are necessities. If you are just meeting him, his music is often born from personal experiences and bridges the raw terrain between reality and memory. What sets Kenizo apart for me is the sense that he never performs at you, but with you. He’s a storyteller whose chapters are set to melody, and today, he opens one of his most intimate yet.
“A Little More Time” was birthed from a place most of us avoid—the aftermath of trauma. Al Kenizo describes it as stemming from a personal tragic event that shattered logic and distorted time. The song echoes this suspended reality. It is a ballad of disorientation, pleading, and quiet resilience. Time, in this context, is a thief and a gift—and Kenizo plays with that contradiction with deep precision.
The vocal performance on this track is spellbinding. There’s a fragility in the voice, almost like singer singing from the edge of a memory; no belting or overreaching; instead, they allow the words to tremble when they must and rise when the emotions swell. The delivery is intimate—conversational in parts, like they’re sitting next to you in the dark, sharing something they’ve never told anyone. Every line feels lived-in, and every pause feels heavy with meaning.
The most intriguing aspect about this release is its origin: recorded entirely in Kenizo’s bathroom. The production is amazing in its restraint. There’s a rawness to the acoustics that adds to the intimacy rather than distracts from it. Gentle ambient textures blend with soft percussive taps, and subtle synth lines shimmer in the background like fading stars. The minimal instrumentation allows the voice to shine and places emotional weight at the center of the composition.
The mix is tender and deliberate. Nothing feels rushed. It’s as though the track is intentionally catching its breath—mirroring its theme of clinging to just a little more time. There’s a lo-fi warmth in the sound that feels both homemade and timeless, like flipping through the pages of a handwritten journal left behind by a soul trying to make sense of it all.
Overall, “A Little More Time” is a powerful reminder that music doesn’t need to shout to be heard. Sometimes, the softest songs leave the deepest marks. Al Kenizo has offered us a deeply chapter of his story, and in doing so, invites us to look inward, pause, grieve, breathe, and reflect on the moments that slip through our fingers.
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