19 Apr 2024
UsernamePassword

Remember Me? | Join | Recover
Click here to sign in via social networking

Lasair - Single Review: Running

27 Feb 2021 // A review by Callum Wagstaff

After years making music constrained by labels and opinions, Lasair's musical approach is "genre fluid" and built from the inspiration he finds around him wherever it happens to come from. Rather than talk about his persona, Lasair prefers to let his music speak for him. In that spirit, let's get straight to Running.

Opening with a modern synthy piano line and a warm swell, the intro is inviting and comforting to settle into. The verse vocals have a great blend. There's a chemistry between Lasair and Finlae that feels natural and the rhythm of the lyrics sets up a gentle anticipation with small pauses before the last word of each line: "colours, drenched in your/ colours".

The chorus melody is infectious, sweet and light. Sweeping outwards in sonic scope compared to the verse and welling up a feeling inside that's somewhere between seeing the protagonists of a romcom have their meet-cute and watching them do the end scene kiss. That tonal quality matches the spirit of the song well; the lyrics "I can't get enough of you" communicating that cloud nine feeling of a new love interest. Finlae makes it soar with the affectation she puts on the word "you". The last chorus has a really beautiful overlay of the bridge vocals that make the song feel like it was building to that great moment all along. The two vocal sections interplay with each other really well.

Running is a wonderful example of a song with a powerful ability to override whatever you were feeling before listening to it. It seems to infect you with a gooey optimism every time you listen to that beautifully co-dependent chorus refrain.

Rating: ☆☆☆☆☆ ( 4 / 5 )
 
Share

About Lasair

Having spent years writing and producing music that was constrained by expectations, opinions and labels, I adopted a mantra of 'Genre Fluid'. Not as an act of rebellion or as a rejection of labels, but simply because I cannot fit into any one music culture anymore. With a childhood spent travelling, and now residing in New Zealand (one of the most multicultural countries in the world) I’ve found too much inspiration to be limited any longer, and I’ve realised I don’t have to be.




Visit the muzic.net.nz Profile for Lasair

Releases

There are no releases to display for Lasair.

Other Reviews By Callum Wagstaff

Swamp Rat Collective - EP Review: Flash Sneakers
16 Apr 2024 // by Callum Wagstaff
The Swamp Rat Collective is a dirty, matted tangle of influences from the guitar music of the era between the late 80's and early 2000's. The project is a collaboration between Paul Cowsill (rhythm and bass guitar) and Adam Gatt (lead guitar) that crosses the ocean, comprising parties from Auckland, New Zealand as well as London, UK.
Read More...
Daniel Ashcroft - Album Review: Chica De La Bum
05 Feb 2024 // by Callum Wagstaff
Daniel Ashcroft is a multi-instrumentalist, producer and composer based in Feilding.His musical goals are simple: He wants to play every instrument he possibly can, explore every genre and collaborate with as many singers as possible.
Read More...
Dub Asylum - EP Review: Time & Space EP
19 Nov 2023 // by Callum Wagstaff
Dub Asylum is the musical alias for Peter McLennan, former member of 90's reggae-thrash-punk-ska mutants the Hallelujah Picassos. Now working solo, Peter McLennan's Dub Asylum is a musical mash-up of dub reggae, hip-hop and funk.
Read More...
Bad Jelly Collective - EP Review: WESTBOUND&DOWN
10 Oct 2023 // by Callum Wagstaff
Bad Jelly Collective is the brainchild of 'Bad Jelly' Ben. Tucked away in his Huia road Home Studio in the Waitakere Ranges, Ben weaves his psychedelic soundscapes together with the creative forces of his team of musical mates.
Read More...
Album Review: Cautionary Tales
16 Aug 2023 // by Callum Wagstaff
Cautionary Tales is an alt-rock band based in Aotearoa, via Berlin and New York. It's an art-rock outfit built around the type of myths and legends where somebody gets screwed over for riding a scorpion or not tipping an old lady.
Read More...
SACHI - Single Review: Whole Again
17 Jul 2023 // by Callum Wagstaff
SACHI are an electronic dance duo made up of Nick Chrisp and Will Thomas. Whole Againis their first music release of 2023.
Read More...
Album Review: Bad Taste II
27 Jun 2023 // by Callum Wagstaff
Straight out of Whanganui, just down the road from my neck of the woods, Bad Taste comprises the 70's Prog Rock and Spaghetti Western inspired Alphabethead and the lyrically adept and furious at society Young Gho$t.Over a year in the making, Bad Taste II is the follow up to their self-titled debut.
Read More...
Bad Jelly Collective - Single Review: RUN0UT
30 May 2023 // by Callum Wagstaff
The Bad Jelly Collective is made up of Bad Jelly Ben and a few buddies who weave creative forces in their Huia Road Home Studio, nicely tucked away in the Waitakere Ranges.In the live setting, BJB "utilizes his arsenal of pedals, guitar amp & voice to create mood specific textures and colours.
Read More...
View All Articles By Callum Wagstaff

NZ Top 10 Singles

  • TOO SWEET
    Hozier
  • BEAUTIFUL THINGS
    Benson Boone
  • LOSE CONTROL
    Teddy Swims
  • LIKE THAT
    Future And Metro Boomin feat. Kendrick Lamar
  • END OF BEGINNING
    Djo
  • I LIKE THE WAY YOU KISS ME
    Artemas
  • WE CAN'T BE FRIENDS (WAIT FOR YOUR LOVE)
    Ariana Grande
  • STICK SEASON
    Noah Kahan
  • TEXAS HOLD 'EM
    Beyonce
  • LEAVEMEALONE
    Fred Again.. And Baby Keem
View the Full NZ Top 40...
muzic.net.nz Logo
100% New Zealand Music
All content on this website is copyright to muzic.net.nz and other respective rights holders. Redistribution of any material presented here without permission is prohibited.
Report a ProblemReport A Problem