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<\/a><\/div>\nIt’s not often in the music world that one gets the chance to share something that’s essentially hot off the press, but that’s exactly what I have the pleasure of doing with you right here and now.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Wilmington’s very own Lauds<\/a><\/b> wrapped up the recording of this, their dreamy new single “Are You There All Alone,” just last week, and it’s available for your listening pleasure today. I should warn you, though: this isn’t the kind of song you’ll just be able to listen to once and walk away from.<\/p>\n Instantly, and I do mean instantly, addictive, the song has an incandescent, almost gossamer-gentle glimmer, a sun-dappled seabreeze swirling around McKay Glasgow’s wispy, honey-dripping vocals, and sugar-spun guitar that wouldn’t sound at all out of place on a Beach Fossils record, all of which strongly hints at the band’s affinity for ’90s British music. For those with a taste for that era (such as your humble blogstress), there’s a whole lot to love about “Are You There All Alone.” As the song opens up, it reveals a sweetly nostalgic slant, something that recalls the retrospective magic of a time before pandemics and mandates and bitter division about vaccination and doing the right thing. Modern context puts Lauds in great sonic company, too, with DIIV and Wild Nothing soon coming to mind.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n It’s a mighty fine effort for a band that’s relatively new, Lauds having come together in 2019. “Are You There All Alone” comes on the heels of the band’s fantastic\u00a0self-titled, four song debut EP<\/a>, out now on Fort Lowell Records<\/a><\/b>.\u00a0This is the the kind of song that’s playlist catnip for sure, but not only that, it serves as a tantalizing glimpse at what might be coming next from Lauds, sort of like the musical equivalent of showing some ankle in Victorian times. Ultimately, no matter how many times you listen to “Are You There All Alone,” you’ll be left wanting more. The only answer is to keep listening.<\/p>\n \u00a0\u00a0