"so it’s over / and our time has run out / can we fake it / we’re underneath the ground..."
"bb" by New York based Laveda is, by any stretch of anyone's heart, instantly sad. And it's not just the words (colored by the claustrophobic pallor of the pandemic) but every molecule of sound. Even if I could not understand the words sung by Ali Genevich the sound of those words beautifully drenched in a blue melancholia and supported by a wailing dreamy distorted fog pushing toward dissonance is deeply moving. The core sound coalesced by founding members Jacob Brooks and Ali balances a dense shoegaze heaviness that diverts into more stripped down intimacies easily draws you into their fray. The sadness is also expressed with an empowered angst and angry tone of punching back against uncontrollable situations.
Ali expounds on the inspiration behind "bb":
“In the winter of 2020, every day really started to feel the same for me. The pandemic seemed to be getting just as bad as when it began back in Spring and like everyone else all I had been thinking about was the possibility for life to feel normal again. For a while I was just thankful that most of my friends and family were in good health and that we were able to keep ourselves afloat in such a crazy time, but of course that’s not all I was feeling. Both Jake and I felt like the past year had been so wasted.”
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On their 2020 debut album What Happens After, Laveda draw a post-apocolyptic landscape through layers of colorful sound and ethereal melodies. The band fuses polished pop song clarity with a 90's guitar driven sound reminiscent of groups like The Sundays or My Bloody Valentine. Founding members "Jacob Brooks and Ali Genevich explore the great yawning unknown. From the freedom and uncertainty that rests at your fingertips or the distant and possibly desolate future, they capture adolescent restlessness with big walls of sound and a dreamy melodious warble" writes Toronto based blog Ohestee. NYC's Look At My Records! calls Laveda "a young band with a fully realized voice and perspective, and What Happens After couldn’t feel timelier."
We get by with a little help from our friends“In the winter of 2020, every day really started to feel the same for me. The pandemic seemed to be getting just as bad as when it began back in Spring and like everyone else all I had been thinking about was the possibility for life to feel normal again. For a while I was just thankful that most of my friends and family were in good health and that we were able to keep ourselves afloat in such a crazy time, but of course that’s not all I was feeling. Both Jake and I felt like the past year had been so wasted.”
The mood of "bb" is relatable, is cathartic:
“The lyrics describe the racing thoughts you have while drinking alone, thoughts about how the world is unfair and there’s nothing you can do about it. You might try to pull yourself out of a dark place only to wake up to one even darker. It sounds sad, but it’s not. It’s just reality, and sometimes it’s ok to be angry with the way things are.”
[Brooks and Genevich spent most of the summer and fall of 2021 in Los Angeles, working again with producer Dylan Herman (Beck, Pynkie) on their second full-length LP. The record is anticipated to release sometime this year on NY/VT based label Paper Cup and features the full live band, including Dan Carr (bass) and Joe Taurone (drums) throughout.]
-Robb Donker Curtius
THE FACTS AS WE KNOW THEM - PRESS NOTES:
https://www.facebook.com/lavedamusic
https://www.tiktok.com/@lavedamusic
https://www.instagram.com/lavedamusic/
https://soundcloud.com/lavedamusic
https://open.spotify.com/artist/4k9HOB4zrVAEasP7nm31F7
On their 2020 debut album What Happens After, Laveda draw a post-apocolyptic landscape through layers of colorful sound and ethereal melodies. The band fuses polished pop song clarity with a 90's guitar driven sound reminiscent of groups like The Sundays or My Bloody Valentine. Founding members "Jacob Brooks and Ali Genevich explore the great yawning unknown. From the freedom and uncertainty that rests at your fingertips or the distant and possibly desolate future, they capture adolescent restlessness with big walls of sound and a dreamy melodious warble" writes Toronto based blog Ohestee. NYC's Look At My Records! calls Laveda "a young band with a fully realized voice and perspective, and What Happens After couldn’t feel timelier."
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