Echoing the ghost of Jeff Buckley, this three-minute psych folk single, Oh How, is a tantalizing reflection on life and transformation.
Opening with a smattering of crystalline chords and glistening array of percussive effects. Poetic and smouldering the track is fused with a serene tranquillity and a call for a better world, âlet go of pain, let go of painâ the lyrics echo, âempathy brings evolution and maybe a revolution.âÂ
Lara Smiles releases Oh How, out via WonkyPop, Dec 11. The track, featured on her debut album, All for You and was co-produced and mixed by Jamie Grashion (The Orb, Black Grape, Killing Joke)
ââOh Howâ is like a calming mantra for me, it was written to calm myself and the listener from any anxieties due to the difficult times we face...â
Her trademark song-writing skills and striking vocal virtuosity are brought to the fore, as Lara Smiles zones out to another realm, surrounded by flickering candlelight and accompanied by ghostly, bewildering atmospherics, her diva style vocals are brought to a whisper, otherworldly and transcendent.   Â
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Lara Smiles herself is swiftly becoming known as a master of sonic trades from rock, electro, soul, dance, punk, industrial, psych folk and her 2019 debut album All For You embraced all corners of popâs platter. All For You garnered extensive worldwide airplay, including BBC Introducing and XFM, and The Guardian (âher spikiest confection to dateâ) and NME (âan industro-pop alchemistâ), and itâs only the start. Meantime, Lara Smiles has guested on Shed Sevenâs 2018 album Instant Pleasures and Jah Wobbleâs recent Acid Punk Apocalypse, and slots at Glastonbury (her fifth appearance) and Eldorado festival on the horizon. And of course, Lara is currently busy honing new songs into a second album, with the help of Kasabianâs drummer Ian Matthews.Â
