The Lovelines – Queen City Sounds and Art

The Lovelines enter downtempo jazz pop territory with its latest single “Dark Thoughts About A Pretty Flower.” A steady drum beat runs through the song while synths flutter about like luminous highlights and bell tones accent the the track with an incandescent tonality lending the track a sensuality befitting its subject matter. The duo’s female singer sounds like someone out of a modern jazz quartet in her cadences and inflections of voice as she ponders the different aspects of love like a flower and how it manifests under various stimuli and in the case of this song of blooming in moonlight and another in sunshine. She also wonders if her own love will come to fruition if properly nurtured and coaxed as well. But the song works as a pure exercise in concise songwriting and formal structure. Because of the production and the blend of organic and electronic its reminiscent of 90s trip-hop but with a refreshing minimalism that draws you in immediately. The subtle details and mini-flourishes of synth and keyboard play really frame the song well as it suggests a contemplation of the roots of desire without having to spell it out to you Listen to “Dark Thoughts About A Pretty Flower” on YouTube and follow The Lovelines at the links below.

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Brother and sister duo The Lovelines’ debut single “Strange Kind of Love” loops that title as a lyric throughout the song with a touch of different takes on the delivery creating an almost hypnotic rhythm. The layered percussion sounds both like a drum machine and like an organic drum sample while strings drop in to cast a nostalgic tenor toward the end of the song as the whimsical, slightly distorted guitar lead that came in early on the song to trace the melody set by the resonating bell tones. The image for the single looks like a 1960s designer’s idea of the near future and makes one wonder what this strange kind of love might be and with whom the woman pictured (the whole image looks like a very well imagined collage, adding to a surreal quality to the presentation of the song) might be discussing the details of such. It’s a simple pop song in just over two minutes and it sounds like music one might hear in a montage shot in a film set during the era of Mad Men and as such suggests there’s more than seems obvious on initial exposure. Listen to “Strange Kind of Love” on Spotify and follow The Lovelines at any of the links on their LinkTree below.