Labasheeda Releases New Album: Blueprints!
One of the best parts about reviewing music is hearing new music and often from artists that were not even on my radar by any stretch of the imagination. This is the case with Labasheeda from Amsterdam and their new album, Blueprints. I’m a dyed in the wool punk rock, hardcore loving dude, but I also enjoy things that are not as purely typical of punk rock from my deep love of Kesha to my well-professed love of show tunes. Somewhere in the mix of non “punk” I can now add my love for Labasheeda whose indie art rock music is both soothing and disconcerting. The music is thoughtfully crafted and played with emotional connection with each other and the vocals are simultaneously catchy and familiar while also being distinct enough to cause one to constantly take note of where the melody and delivery are working together to take you.
“Fossils” - The seemingly simple opening riff with its repetition is somehow compelling on its own, but when coupled with a great work on the drums that complement and lock in with it, you get a dope ass intro. Then the vocals come in with some ethereal feel to them and then get stronger and more pointed as the guitar gets tighter and harder before it all suddenly pauses and gets softer again. The way this song is crafted with each instrument and the vocals perfectly designed to fit together shouldn’t be unique and yet they way they do it feels so fresh and different.
“Curiosity” - This was the first song I heard by them, and it’s got all the qualities of a rad ass punk song but mixed with post punk or indie rock sounds especially with the keyboard or piano there. Besides just the rad guitar riff, I really dig the big powerful vocals the singer brings throughout the song.
They close the album with “What Remains is Love” which is a slow mover with gentle but also somehow discordant musicality that reminds me of the Velvet Underground or maybe Tori Amos. I really dig the sound of the toms and cymbals of the drummer. I could see this as a show closer needed to end a night of raucous shared connection in music by allowing us to sway gently, but not easily since the music feels like it’s close to the edge of a precipice. Maybe that’s because its unique song structure provides no road map of where you are going. I also have to say the violin is a dope addition.
What? You want to know about the rest of the songs? Well if you’ve read this far and want to know more, then I’d suggest you get your ass over to their music and enjoy the music and stop reading what someone else wrote about it.
Check them out on Spotify or on my Indie Rock Spotify playlist and my Punk Spotify Playlist
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