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For a track named "F***" there is such a dense dreaminess expressed by plaintive guitars and Ali Genevich's lush moving vocals. The band is Albany, New York based Laveda and Ali along with Jacob Brooks are at it's core as founding members. "F***" with it's shoegaze sensibility (though the moving earnest lyrics are thankfully easily recognizable) and it's big 90's alt rock sway feels as darkly somber as it does romantic. The downturned jangle pop rhythms and droning washes of sound bathe the entire affair in melancholia. The bass / drums synergy adds an amazing power as does the pearly guitar breaks creating a dense haze of emotionality to get lost in.
Ali shares some of the emotional seeds of "F***":
"By my second year of college, I knew I wanted to write, record, and perform music all the time. I had a heavy load of requirements for my music degree so it felt like school was just this big delay to actually starting the career I envisioned. I used to hold a lot of negative energy in my head whenever I was in class. By my fourth year I was completely checked out.
College felt like high school part 2 to me. I thought most people would have grown out of the desire to be in clicks and look up to whoever was popular by age 19, but I realized that some people never do. I watched a few friends go through some toxic relationships. It was a perfect breeding ground for shitty dudes to prey on naive girls. I wished I could make all the bad people disappear so they couldn’t drag down the ones I cared about with them."
College felt like high school part 2 to me. I thought most people would have grown out of the desire to be in clicks and look up to whoever was popular by age 19, but I realized that some people never do. I watched a few friends go through some toxic relationships. It was a perfect breeding ground for shitty dudes to prey on naive girls. I wished I could make all the bad people disappear so they couldn’t drag down the ones I cared about with them."
Laveda have a way of crushing your heart. "F***" is the third single from the band's sophomore album set to release in 2023. A follow up to their well received debut "What Happens After".
-Robb Donker Curtius
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https://soundcloud.com/lavedamusic
https://lavedamusic.bandcamp.com/
https://www.instagram.com/lavedamusic/
https://open.spotify.com/artist/4k9HOB4zrVAEasP7nm31F7
https://www.tiktok.com/@lavedamusic
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."
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 this fall on NY/VT based label Paper Cup and features the full live band, including Dan Carr on Bass and Joe Taurone on drums.
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 this fall on NY/VT based label Paper Cup and features the full live band, including Dan Carr on Bass and Joe Taurone on drums.
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