The snow falling in the video for Laveda’s single “F***” seems timed perfectly for the recent cold wave that has swept through North America around the beginning of 2023. The rhythm guitar paired with Ali Genevich’s emotionally rich vocals at the beginning of the song are somehow both spare and lush as the sound evolves into wider-ranging sonics. Guitar texture turns to crunchy distorted atmospherics and shining keyboard work threads through the haze like the sun through a fading snowstorm. The lyrics about heartbreak, betrayal and coming into owning your anger after feeling like you had to keep it under wraps because it’s what’s expected of you are so raw but expressed in a way that is uplifting and liberating gives the song a depth of meaning that has been typical for the band’s songwriting up to now and in particular for A Place You Grew Up In (due Spring 2023 on Papercup Music), the follow up album to 2020’s What Happens After. Watch the video for “F***” on YouTube and follow Laveda at the links provied.
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