Written by Fred Carlyle
Photo Credit: @babyanimals3333
And we are back with Lucy Lamb! It was only a little while ago back in May when the Couchdog family interviewed Naarm’s rising electronica wizard as we got to know the artist on a deeper level, taking the opportunity to take a deep dive into her unique, bizarre and ever-entrancing whirlwind of electronica.
Whether it be the reverb drenched hyper pop sound on her debut release ‘A Pretty Syllabus’, the chaotic and ethereal dream pop soundscapes on her sophomore record ‘Night Shifts’ or the fusion of house and witch house on her recent remix EP; one of the many things that makes Lucy Lamb’s discography so compelling is her cold-feet approach to refusing to stick to one sound. Despite having only released her first record back in 2021, the past three years has seen a phenomenal amount of growth and evolution in Lucy Lamb’s as her continual search for finding as many sub genres and influences as possible to play with has resulted in her having a fascinating melting-pot discography that relentlessly continues to subvert our expectations.
So, to further showcase the rising artist’s evolution of sound, we’re happy to bring Lucy Lamb back to Couchdog today to tuck into her most recent single release, Bed of Snow, an entrancing, shining-in-simplicity slice of more straightforward pop that continues to further showcase this rising artist’s capabilities.
A key difference that you’ll immediately notice in Bed of Snow as opposed to Lucy’s past releases is its dialled down approach to her usual delivery of chaotic and mayhemic soundscapes.
Opening up with a driving synth line that rises and falls alongside throbbing, heart-beat like drumming that carries on throughout the entire track’s run time; Bed of Snow instantly stands out with an instrumental landscape that feels more controlled and direct as opposed to the more sporadic and free-form style of her previous releases. Bed of Snow serves as a great shining-in-simplicity example of Lucy Lamb’s sound as the continuous nature of the instrumentals results in a satisfying Blue-Monday like buildup as the soundscape steadily creeps up in intensity as the song continues to layer in sounds, creating this suspenseful build up.
Another major highlight of this track are Lucy’s vocals. In past releases Lamb’s vocals would be utilised in a way that would add more fuel to the fire of her erratic sound; her obscured and distorted vocals on tracks like Corsets and Colour & Bells would melt into the rest of the instruments, adding to the ecstatic mania of her sound.
In Bed of Snow, however, we’re given a clear example of Lamb’s choice to play with pop; her voice takes front stage, coming across as seductive yet eerie as the soundscape’s non-invasive nature serves as the perfect platform for her lyrics to float on top of. By being more relaxed and sedative than what we’ve heard from Lamb’s vocals in the past, the use of reverberation is incredibly well-balanced in this track; her delivery of lyrics are clear and audible yet have a ghastly lingering effect which contributes to Lamb’s overall style of coming across as enchanting yet unhinged.
The controlled approach of having her instrumentals come across as less free-form then her previous releases allow us to absorb her lyrics which create these incredibly satisfying effects as examples such as the lyric “I want you to love me” commences a hypnotic drop that then segues into a melodic chorus that creeps with anticipation as the surrounding instruments slowly become more intense.
Bed of Snow is personally one of my most favourite tracks by Lucy Lamb so far. There’s a satisfying simplicity to this track, the driving force of the consistent instrumentals alongside the ear-worm melodies of Lucy’s vocals make this track an incredibly catchy and hypnotic example of house and electronic pop, leading us to be once again incredibly excited to hear what comes next from this captivating electronica artist.
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