The time is ripe in my estimation that we become a little electronic-pop loved-up with L.A. synth-poppers LANY.
A band on-the-rise whose cut of melody making see’s that they offer up a somewhat sunnily resonating synthesized vibe morever. Wade in a stretch deeper of the context in which LANY bring out their thought-provoking narratives to the fore and we are acknowledging a band that are much more than we first imagined them to be, going by face value alone.
These guys, all friends who have evolved into the greater artistic good. Coming up now as a band before us, bring a refined degree of lyrical narratives into the synth-pop equation, by way of challenging the norm and adding a level of realism within their output.
Indeed from the off, LANY have mastered the art of juxtaposition, as belies their sunny synth-pop exterior and the more developed life learning orientated content it is observing of.
Prime example comes in as the current single “Where The Hell Are My Friends”, which does much to raise the topic of loneliness. Something which in this digital age is so often solved with a click to add on social media, but is it though? Mostly all of us use some of these online profiles and we network to a great extent, but how many of these people that we’ve added do we know and how many have we never made any contact with? I’m sure most of us can hold our hands up and identify with this!
LANY call out this theme by way of “Where The Hell Are My Friends”. Their observing lyrics paint a picture in the mind brought to life in the visual representation of the track of being surrounded people yet not engaged into their presence, forming a greater disconnect.
Hey the world is a big old cheese and the dawn of the internet made it so much bigger, so much bigger infact that it’s easy to get lost and isolated in it. If you can’t at times see the wood for the tree’s you just step aside and reevaluate, slipping on your happy smile into the bargain.
Realised through Nadia Marquard Otzen’s direction, LANY vocalist Paul Klein takes on this visual journey concept of being out the zone and to an extent invisible. Worry not LANY this video has me truly engaged in it, as does the hit of cracking synth-pop it accentuates. Yet it sure is life learning observant food for thought, and a topic to which most can relate. A little life lesson in the guise of a synth-pop song. LANY appear to have made it their calling!