Artist:
La Luz
Genre:
Pop/Rock
Alternative/Indie Rock
Neo-Psychedelic
Total Time:
35:05
Record Label:
Sub Pop Records
Purchasing Links:
CD, MP3, Vinyl, Apple Music
Release Date
May 24, 2024
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La Luz
Genre:
Pop/Rock
Alternative/Indie Rock
Neo-Psychedelic
Total Time:
35:05
Record Label:
Sub Pop Records
Purchasing Links:
CD, MP3, Vinyl, Apple Music
Release Date
May 24, 2024
"The Entertainment Factor is supported by its audience. When you buy through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission."
Find out more about this album release after the jump.
Purchasing Links
Product Description: Orange Crush Luzer Edition. "I was in a dream, but now I can see that change is the only law." With a credo adapted from science fiction author Octavia E. Butler, an album title from a collection of metaphysical poetry, and an expansion in consciousness brought on by personal crisis, guitarist and songwriter Shana Cleveland learns to embrace a changing world with unconditional love on News of the Universe, the new full-length from California rock band La Luz. News of the Universe is a record born of calamity, a work of dark, beautiful psychedelia reflecting Cleveland's experience of having her world blown apart by a breast cancer diagnosis just two years after the birth of her son. It's also a portrait of a band in flux, marking the first appearance for drummer Audrey Johnson and the final ones from longtime members bassist Lena Simon and keyboardist Alice Sandahl, whose contributions add a bittersweet edge to a record that is both elegy for an old world and cosmic road map to a strange new one. But is there any band in the world more suited to capturing the chaos of change in all it's messy beauty than La Luz? Formed by Cleveland in 2012, La Luz is beloved for their ability to balance bedlam and bliss, each new record another fine-tuning of the band's mix of swaggering riffs with angelic vocals borrowed from doo-wop and folk; a band so reliably great that it makes the huge step forward in confidence and sheer musicality that is News of the Universe all the more formidable. Cleveland, also a writer and painter, has developed into a truly original songwriter with her own canon of haunted psychedelia. Yet if Cleveland has spent years writing songs about ghosts, what lurks in the shadows of News of the Universe is nothing less than death itself. "There are moments on this album that sound to me like the last frantic confession before an asteroid destroys the earth," says Cleveland. The powerful sense of openness that permeates News of the Universe is at least partially due to the fact that it is a record made entirely by women-from the performing, writing, and producing all the way through to the recording, engineering, and mastering. Working with producer Maryam Qudos (Spacemoth), the all-female environment allowed Cleveland to feel safe tapping into difficult places and expressing hard emotions women are socialized to suppress. Unashamedly vulnerable, unabashedly feminine, and undeniably triumphant, News of the Universe is another knockout record from a band so reliably great that it has perhaps led people to overlook how pioneering La Luz really are: women of color in indie music forging their own path by following their own artistic star into galaxies beyond current musical trends, always led by an earnest belief in the cosmic power of love and a great riff. Never is that more true than on News of the Universe, which might be La Luz's most brutal record to date but also their most blissful.
TRACK LIST:
1 .
Reaching Up to the Sun
(00:53)
2 . Strange World (04:15)
LYRICS 3 . andelions (03:28)
4 . Poppies (03:32)
5 . Good Luck With Your Secret (03:16)
6 . Always in Love (03:25)
7 . Close Your Eyes (03:51)
8 . I'll Go With You (03:04)
9 . Blue Moth Cloud Shadow (03:14)
10 . News of the Universe (02:41)
11 . Moon in Reverse (02:01)
12 .Blue Jay (01:32)
2 . Strange World (04:15)
LYRICS 3 . andelions (03:28)
4 . Poppies (03:32)
5 . Good Luck With Your Secret (03:16)
6 . Always in Love (03:25)
7 . Close Your Eyes (03:51)
8 . I'll Go With You (03:04)
9 . Blue Moth Cloud Shadow (03:14)
10 . News of the Universe (02:41)
11 . Moon in Reverse (02:01)
12 .Blue Jay (01:32)
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