2 Apr 2023
Lando - EP Review: Lost at Sea
07 Sep 2022 // A review by Callum Wagstaff
Lando is a 4-piece Alternative Rock band from Auckland's North Shore. They self-produce, mix and record their music. Lost At Sea is a collection of songs over the years written by Orlando with some help from the other bandmates.
The sea theme comes up in various ways. Sevenths and delay always sound like the ocean. Notice ends on a surf rock chord with the little wah shake. Song titles like Blue Wave and Swimming in the Rain. Little water based metaphors strewn all over the lyrics in every song. The picture is of a lighthouse. I like to imagine Orlando lived there writing for years and then got the band and gear together to record in the place he wrote it all in. But it was probably done in a basement in bilbosclubhouse.
The band has a silky smooth grasp of dynamics, they're able to slide around harder and softer moments in a song without breaking the laid back current of the whole EP. The mood stays reflective and understated but swirls around hope and despair seamlessly within single songs. Props for this also go to Lando's on-point production and mixing, the pieces and textures all fit together in perfect balance. There are no loose wires sticking out scraping your skull and pulling you out of the trance this EP lulls you into.
When I listen to Lost at Sea I often find my mind drifting off thinking about friends that have broken up with each other. That's the kind of emotional distance this work lends itself to; it's mournful but not all consuming. Like a brain that's gotten really good at either or both of CBT and THC.
It ends on the heaviest hearted song, Ring Out The Time, which breaks the pattern set by the rest of the EP and drags you through thick, hopeless emotions with spine-chilling strings and haunted chords. If the rest of the songs feel like living in a lonely lighthouse then Ring Out The Time feels like being the only shipwrecked survivor on a tiny island nobody will ever find, keeping warm in the dark on the only bit of burnable timber that washed ashore.
Lando and the boys should be super proud of how this all came together. It's a collection of songs that make a whole mass that knows what it is, but navigates its way around interesting and varied emotional permutations within that "Lost at Sea" setting. There's supposed to be a full-length album on the way too. I'm looking forward to that one.
Lando is a 4-piece Alternative Rock band from Auckland's North Shore. They self-produce, mix and record their music. Lost At Sea is a collection of songs over the years written by Orlando with some help from the other bandmates.The sea theme comes up in various ways. Sevenths and delay always sound like the ocean. Notice ends on a surf rock chord with the little wah shake. Song titles like Blue Wave and Swimming in the Rain. Little water based metaphors strewn all over the lyrics in every song. The picture is of a lighthouse. I like to imagine Orlando lived there writing for years and then got the band and gear together to record in the place he wrote it all in. But it was probably done in a basement in bilbosclubhouse.
The band has a silky smooth grasp of dynamics, they're able to slide around harder and softer moments in a song without breaking the laid back current of the whole EP. The mood stays reflective and understated but swirls around hope and despair seamlessly within single songs. Props for this also go to Lando's on-point production and mixing, the pieces and textures all fit together in perfect balance. There are no loose wires sticking out scraping your skull and pulling you out of the trance this EP lulls you into.
When I listen to Lost at Sea I often find my mind drifting off thinking about friends that have broken up with each other. That's the kind of emotional distance this work lends itself to; it's mournful but not all consuming. Like a brain that's gotten really good at either or both of CBT and THC.
It ends on the heaviest hearted song, Ring Out The Time, which breaks the pattern set by the rest of the EP and drags you through thick, hopeless emotions with spine-chilling strings and haunted chords. If the rest of the songs feel like living in a lonely lighthouse then Ring Out The Time feels like being the only shipwrecked survivor on a tiny island nobody will ever find, keeping warm in the dark on the only bit of burnable timber that washed ashore.
Lando and the boys should be super proud of how this all came together. It's a collection of songs that make a whole mass that knows what it is, but navigates its way around interesting and varied emotional permutations within that "Lost at Sea" setting. There's supposed to be a full-length album on the way too. I'm looking forward to that one.
Rating:
( 5 / 5 )
About Lando
They self-produce, mix and record their music.
With Lost at Sea's release, they plan on recording a full-length album.
Visit the muzic.net.nz Profile for Lando
Releases
Other Reviews By Callum Wagstaff
Trig - Double Single Review: Entity & Player 67
23 Mar 2023 // by Callum Wagstaff
Trig is the musical moniker of Christchurch based artist Michael West, formerly Michael Aisuru, formerly Sick Cycle.After using computers and a few synths to produce music for the past 22 years, Michael has chosen to give up the computer and DAW and focus on live performance via drum machines and modular synthesis.
Read More...
Scalper - Album Review: The Shine
21 Feb 2023 // by Callum Wagstaff
Scalper is Nadeem Shafi, born and raised in East London of Pakistani descent. The Shine is his 5th studio album, following 2020's critically acclaimed The Beast and the Beauty, which dealt heavily with the recent loss of his mother.
Read More...
Soaked Oats - Album Review: Working Title
11 Dec 2022 // by Callum Wagstaff
Soaked Oats is a Dunedin indie 4-piece. Working Title is their first full length offering, crafted over the last 18 months in a community hall in the remote township of Okuru, Haast, on the West Coast of the South Island.
Read More...
Jaggers x Ska - Single Review: Blue to Grey
02 Nov 2022 // by Callum Wagstaff
Jaggers x Ska are a Dunedin duo made up of Ridge Jaggers (drums, bass, keyboard, production) and Skalisko (guitar, keyboards, bass, vocals). Blue to Grey is a dark disco-tinged goth pop song that sounds like it would play at the gates of purgatory in a David Lynch movie.
Read More...
Sweet Mix Kids - Album Review: Stargazing
17 Oct 2022 // by Callum Wagstaff
Sweet Mix Kids are an Auckland DJ/Production duo made up of Sandon James and Chris Scott. They've played some of the hottest parties around the world, including a sold out 14,000 Synthony show at Spark Arena.
Read More...
Nick Burson Band - Single Review: Should Have Let You Know
08 Aug 2022 // by Callum Wagstaff
Nick Burson spent a decade cutting his teeth on the covers scene of Christchurch city. The lockdown of 2020 allowed him to finally focus on releasing his own music to the world.
Read More...
NEEKOH - Single Review: Breathe
08 Jul 2022 // by Callum Wagstaff
NEEKOH is a Finland based fashionista, interior designer and former Pop Idol finalist. He took a break from celebrity status in Finland, traveling the world and has found himself in New Zealand.
Read More...
Anamnesis - Single Review: Coms
26 Jun 2022 // by Callum Wagstaff
Coms sounds like a clown rubbing wet crocks against a saxophone. After a few seconds it also sounds like somebody close is tracing their finger around a half empty wine glass and somebody far away is buffing a bird cage with an angle grinder.
Read More...
Most Viewed Artists
Latest Galleries
NZ Top 10 Singles
- BOY'S A LIAR PT. 2
PinkPantheress And Ice Spice - FLOWERS
Miley Cyrus - KILL BILL
SZA - DIE FOR YOU (REMIX)
The Weeknd And Ariana Grande - LAST NIGHT
Morgan Wallen - SURE THING
Miguel - PEOPLE
Libianca - CALM DOWN
Rema And Selena Gomez - ESCAPISM.
RAYE feat. 070 Shake - PLAYERS
Coi Leray
More Content on muzic.net.nz
Google Site Search
Custom Search
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 Problem
