{"id":6561,"date":"2024-07-17T05:50:27","date_gmt":"2024-07-17T05:50:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/platinummind.net\/?p=6561"},"modified":"2024-07-17T05:51:09","modified_gmt":"2024-07-17T05:51:09","slug":"single-review-hard-down-low-loa","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/platinummind.net\/index.php\/2024\/07\/17\/single-review-hard-down-low-loa\/","title":{"rendered":"Single Review: &#8220;Hard Down Low&#8221; &#8211; Loa"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<iframe style=\"border-radius:12px\" src=\"https:\/\/open.spotify.com\/embed\/track\/7HVN5Pe7SAxDq04ComqDPq?utm_source=generator\" width=\"100%\" height=\"352\" frameBorder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"\" allow=\"autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; fullscreen; picture-in-picture\" loading=\"lazy\"><\/iframe>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"870\" height=\"867\" src=\"https:\/\/platinummind.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/Screenshot-2024-07-17-at-06.48.52.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-6562\" srcset=\"https:\/\/platinummind.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/Screenshot-2024-07-17-at-06.48.52.jpeg 870w, https:\/\/platinummind.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/Screenshot-2024-07-17-at-06.48.52-300x300.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/platinummind.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/Screenshot-2024-07-17-at-06.48.52-150x150.jpeg 150w, https:\/\/platinummind.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/Screenshot-2024-07-17-at-06.48.52-768x765.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/platinummind.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/Screenshot-2024-07-17-at-06.48.52-435x435.jpeg 435w, https:\/\/platinummind.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/Screenshot-2024-07-17-at-06.48.52-60x60.jpeg 60w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 870px) 100vw, 870px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n<p>This track is slow and based around piano and vocals, but very atmospheric. It\u2019s very moody with no harmonies, as Rick Leigh\u2019s piano playing and Genevieve Dawson\u2019s vocals blend together effortlessly over a music arrangement that\u2019s kept really simple. It\u2019s a beauty of a track calling on folk influences, especially Celtic undertones.<\/p>\n<p>This song encourages you to push through. It\u2019s a song of encouragement:<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHard down low,<br \/>Keep your head down,<br \/>Try to keep going even though you don\u2019t know the distance.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>That really spoke to me.<\/p>\n<p>Having looked up what the song means, it\u2019s a hymn to resilience and self-compassion written during the pandemic.<\/p>\n<p>There are some really thought-provoking tracks in the Faves this week aren\u2019t there???<\/p>\n<p>From their Spotify bio:<\/p>\n<p><strong>Loa<\/strong> is a collaboration between Rick Leigh and Genevieve Dawson, marking a new beginning in their long musical partnership.<br \/>Bringing together Rick\u2019s intricate piano harmony with Genevieve\u2019s distinctive warmth, Loa bridges the space between Nils Frahm and Adrianne Lenker, and calls up a songwriting inheritance from Joni Mitchell to James Blake.<\/p>\n<p>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.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This track is slow and based around piano and vocals, but very atmospheric. It\u2019s very moody with no harmonies, as Rick Leigh\u2019s piano playing and Genevieve Dawson\u2019s vocals blend together effortlessly over a music arrangement that\u2019s kept really simple. It\u2019s a beauty of a track calling on folk influences, especially Celtic undertones. 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