This track is slow and based around piano and vocals, but very atmospheric. It’s very moody with no harmonies, as Rick Leigh’s piano playing and Genevieve Dawson’s vocals blend together effortlessly over a music arrangement that’s kept really simple. It’s a beauty of a track calling on folk influences, especially Celtic undertones.
This song encourages you to push through. It’s a song of encouragement:
“Hard down low,
Keep your head down,
Try to keep going even though you don’t know the distance.”
That really spoke to me.
Having looked up what the song means, it’s a hymn to resilience and self-compassion written during the pandemic.
There are some really thought-provoking tracks in the Faves this week aren’t there???
From their Spotify bio:
Loa is a collaboration between Rick Leigh and Genevieve Dawson, marking a new beginning in their long musical partnership.
Bringing together Rick’s intricate piano harmony with Genevieve’s distinctive warmth, Loa bridges the space between Nils Frahm and Adrianne Lenker, and calls up a songwriting inheritance from Joni Mitchell to James Blake.
Working with producer and pianist Sam Beste (aka the Vernon Spring) Loa have created a soundworld that is rich with colour and depth, revealing itself slowly, as though looking at a long exposure photograph.
