The best way that I can think of to describe Seattle by way of Tacoma artist Lobsana (aka
Anna Moore), is that she sounds like the love child of Beach House and Julia Holter--blending
ethereal melodies with simple, measured vocals touched with a delicate quaver.
I stumbled across Anna’s work last week during a criminally under-attended show
at Atlas Space in Fremont, and kept on listening right though the following day
(bless the voice memo feature on my iPhone). Probably the most striking feature
of her sound is that it manages to do the impossible for dream pop: it
manages to feel otherworldly without feeling despondent. On “Systemic Love”, she fends off the advances of a quixotic would-be lover, singing, “It may seem
a dream to have to hold someone always/ but the opposite is true, just doubt
and insecurity/ I am not the one you want/ you are better off without me”. The
juxtaposition of the lyrical pragmatism with the sheen of sweetness created
by the instrumentation impart the piece with a really nice sense of depth. Lobsana’s debut EP is
scheduled to be out by the end of the year, but you can listen to her 2 other singles here.
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