
La LEURENTOP uses a spare, tribal drum pattern to establish a rooted rhythm for “The Darkness.” The song feels and sounds like a personal ritual, a repeating yet generative narrative exploring the parts of our lives that may seem like a mystery, elusive to us when we’re caught up in what we have come to accept as our lives and perhaps our identities yet knowing there’s more possible to us if we’re willing to connect with the parts of ourselves we’ve been denying. When the doubled vocals come in and the acoustic guitar and other percussion the song almost seems to remind us that we’re not alone in trying to expand our personal horizons and that we’re not the only ones. What genre is this? That seems irrelevant to enjoying and garnering benefit from taking in this song that also expands what a pop song can be, what a folk song can be, what an “indie” song can sound like. Listen to “The Darkness” on Spotify and follow La LEURENTOP at the links below.

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