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There's very few vocals I find as ethereal and utterly melancholic as Lucy Kruger's one. It's almost unbelievable how tear-jerking the compositions from the South African artist are, but, at the same time, it's difficult not to join her in her fascinating music. As it is the case on Kruger's fourth album released with The Lost Boys, Teen Tapes (for Performing Your Own Stunts).
On this album, there's much talking about love. But as Kruger's vocals are either melancholy- or anger-sounding, the message gets twisted around. But it also makes a lot of sense, no emotion, let alone love, is simple. There's pain, there's depression hidden within and this should be articulated too. So the artist's lyrics are very pictoresque in a gore way ("And now my scaled skin/ Is soft as milk and sure of bleeding" in Risk) and touchingly straightforward ("Will you come to me/ When the lights go out/ I’ll be the mess/ Who screams with sweat" in Hold You Back) and it all makes sense. Especially that, when you take the album's title into consideration, this all is only escalated when you are a teenager.
It's all accompanied by very grunge and very minimal rock arrangements. The slow pace is filled with guitar riffs that do not overwhelm the soft vocals but quite the opposite - make them sound even more poignant. Just like the use of noisy finishes (known from the band's previous album) and the same can be said about the drums that in some places get pretty atmospheric and grandeur-sparking but, still, Kruger's vocals are what drives the whole album. And they can be admired live now as the band is currently touring (coming also to Kraków at the end of May).
Teen Tapes (for Performing Your Own Stunts) costs 10 EUR.
Check: Iscariot
Country: South Africa/Germany
Genre: dreamy grunge
Label: Unique Records
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