Lucy Frost doesn’t ease you in gently together with her new single ‘Strains’. She drops you straight into the mess. The music is about that intestine punch, the marginally unhinged feeling you get once you see your ex with somebody new and simply have to inform somebody about it.
Simply one other soften down
To consider him much less
Let your make-up run
Whilst you spill your guts
To the following
The lyrics are brutal and sincere. “Get a grip, you’re fantastic” sounds much less like reassurance and extra like somebody barely holding it collectively. When she hits “who’ve I develop into?”, it doesn’t really feel like a giant dramatic second. It sounds drained, like she already is aware of the reply.
“Strains sonically captures the chaotic spiral of somebody who simply witnessed their ex with somebody new for the primary time. That gnawing want to inform the following particular person about them, the intrusive ideas that management us within the second, the impulsive actions we take that we instantly remorse the following day. It’s paranoia whereas additionally being neurotic, till we’re pressured to face the query: who’ve I develop into?” – Lucy Frost
Sonically, ‘Strains’ leans into that instability. Edgy darkish pop thrums beneath, however there’s a grit operating via it that retains it from feeling polished. Frost’s vocals are rough-edged, barely raspy, pushing proper up in opposition to the manufacturing quite than floating over it. You possibly can nearly hear the pressure, which works in its favour. The refrain is catchy, however pulses with anxious power, pushed by punchy drums and edgy textures.
‘Strains’ is a really relatable music. It’s not romantic and it’s not shiny. And Lucy Frost has someway made having a soften down oh so fashionable.
