"Leave Your Window Open" by Los Angeles based singer-songwriter, musician. actor Lauren Lakis feels like a sonic storm. Artfully drawn with elements of shoegaze, gothic rock, post punk and a sort of desert rock western noir, there are a lot of atmospheres colliding. Lakis's vocal countenance like something between a cold stare and a reticent desire draws you leaning forward, like a hushed whisper. The rolling drum work and soaring guitars have their own kind of magnetic presence providing a darkly romantic roadmap.
That romance around the hard edges compels you to listen and for me "Leave Your Window Open" exists somewhere between the dreamy melancholia of Beach House or Slowdive and the furious suffocation of Anna Von Hausswolff or Chelsea Wolfe. I really love this song and this particular sound that Lakis has chosen. She is a shape shifter kind of creator but does not chase current indie tropes but instead tells her stories with the best personal soundscape that serves them.
The Official Video is a cut above and not for the hemophobics among you. Shot 'in and around the Lincoln Motel in Chandler, OK and a diner somewhere in Rapid City, SD' it has a 16mm look (that I love) and a decidedly Lynchian air of improvisation. Watch it late at night and you might hear noises in the background. While I will not give anything away it fits, even elevates the song (or maybe vice versa).
"Leave Your Window Open" is from Lauren Lakis' latest 3rd album "A Fiesta and a Hell" recorded in Austin, TX with Carey McGraw producing (Wild Child, Josie Lockhart), Elliott Frazier mixing (Ringo Deathstarr, Blushing), and Christopher Colbert (Mazzy Star, Starflyer 59, Leon Bridges) mastering released via Green Witch Recordings.
-Robb Donker Curtius
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Following the release of her debut full-length Ferocious with Cavity Search Records (Elliott Smith, Helio Sequence) in 2018, Lakis delivered audiences her slowcore heavy, baritone-driven follow-up EP, Sad Girl Breakfast. Both records were produced by Billy Burke (REL, Luna Lovebad) with additional engineering by Grammy-winning mixer Chris Kasych (Adele, Deftones, Phantogram, HAIM). Both releases have gone on to garner radio airplay on 40+ stations nationwide, and placement on 65+ Spotify playlists. Lakis has also licensed tracks to Dating Pains and The Drunch.
Her latest LP, Daughter Language, was released in 2021 with Green Witch Recordings. It has received critical acclaim from Flaunt, Wonderland, Earmilk, Ladygunn, Buzzbands LA, Grimy Goods, Atwood Magazine, and more, with 1st Day Fresh naming it "a rock gem...the music is equally as powerful as the message with an electric magnetism rarely found in today's overproduced records". Daughter Language was recorded at Seahorse Sound with Billy Burke producing and Chris Kasych & Samur Khouja (Devendra Banhart, Deerhunter, Chastity Belt) mixing.
Lakis and her full band have toured the West Coast extensively, having shared bills with Ringo Deathstarr, Holy Wave, Sea Wolf, Peel Dream Magazine, and Drowse. The band sold out the Doug Fir Lounge with Coastlands and Pacific Latitudes, as well as The Catalyst Santa Cruz, supporting Flor & Winnetka Bowling League. Lauren also performed a pair of shows with Grammy-nominated rocker Tracy Bonham. Prior to the return of live music, she performed several live-streamed shows, partnering with Bands In Town, Jam in the Van, B Side TV, Rock to End Rape Culture, KXLU, ACLU, and JuJu Live.
The upcoming album A Fiesta and a Hell was recorded in Austin, TX with Carey McGraw producing (Wild Child, Josie Lockhart), Elliott Frazier mixing (Ringo Deathstarr, Blushing), and Christopher Colbert (Mazzy Star, Starflyer 59, Leon Bridges) mastering. Leading single "TAKE MY HAND" is about "forgetting what you thought you knew, letting go and bravely opening your mind to something radically different," confides Lauren Lakis. "TERROR TEARS" the second single is a battle cry against the media propaganda machine, government hypocrisy and lies, that is set to 80s punk/goth rock inspired beats and reverb soaked guitar and vocals. Her latest single "Leave Your Window Open" is a typical love song with a vampire twist! A Fiesta and a Hell will be released October 6th, 2023 with Green Witch Recordings.
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https://open.spotify.com/artist/1lb2A86IQoaWDc57lUT7Qy
https://www.instagram.com/laurenlakis/
https://laurenlakis.bandcamp.com/album/a-fiesta-and-a-hell
https://laurenlakis.wixsite.com/laurenlakis
Following the release of her debut full-length Ferocious with Cavity Search Records (Elliott Smith, Helio Sequence) in 2018, Lakis delivered audiences her slowcore heavy, baritone-driven follow-up EP, Sad Girl Breakfast. Both records were produced by Billy Burke (REL, Luna Lovebad) with additional engineering by Grammy-winning mixer Chris Kasych (Adele, Deftones, Phantogram, HAIM). Both releases have gone on to garner radio airplay on 40+ stations nationwide, and placement on 65+ Spotify playlists. Lakis has also licensed tracks to Dating Pains and The Drunch.
Her latest LP, Daughter Language, was released in 2021 with Green Witch Recordings. It has received critical acclaim from Flaunt, Wonderland, Earmilk, Ladygunn, Buzzbands LA, Grimy Goods, Atwood Magazine, and more, with 1st Day Fresh naming it "a rock gem...the music is equally as powerful as the message with an electric magnetism rarely found in today's overproduced records". Daughter Language was recorded at Seahorse Sound with Billy Burke producing and Chris Kasych & Samur Khouja (Devendra Banhart, Deerhunter, Chastity Belt) mixing.
Lakis and her full band have toured the West Coast extensively, having shared bills with Ringo Deathstarr, Holy Wave, Sea Wolf, Peel Dream Magazine, and Drowse. The band sold out the Doug Fir Lounge with Coastlands and Pacific Latitudes, as well as The Catalyst Santa Cruz, supporting Flor & Winnetka Bowling League. Lauren also performed a pair of shows with Grammy-nominated rocker Tracy Bonham. Prior to the return of live music, she performed several live-streamed shows, partnering with Bands In Town, Jam in the Van, B Side TV, Rock to End Rape Culture, KXLU, ACLU, and JuJu Live.
The upcoming album A Fiesta and a Hell was recorded in Austin, TX with Carey McGraw producing (Wild Child, Josie Lockhart), Elliott Frazier mixing (Ringo Deathstarr, Blushing), and Christopher Colbert (Mazzy Star, Starflyer 59, Leon Bridges) mastering. Leading single "TAKE MY HAND" is about "forgetting what you thought you knew, letting go and bravely opening your mind to something radically different," confides Lauren Lakis. "TERROR TEARS" the second single is a battle cry against the media propaganda machine, government hypocrisy and lies, that is set to 80s punk/goth rock inspired beats and reverb soaked guitar and vocals. Her latest single "Leave Your Window Open" is a typical love song with a vampire twist! A Fiesta and a Hell will be released October 6th, 2023 with Green Witch Recordings.
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