Long Way Home
The next great British female vocalist? Holly Lapsley Fletcher makes a robust play for the crown with a startlingly poised debut album. Weaving ice-cool electronic production into her high-end torch songs, it’s still that rich, doleful croon that might just hand the 19-year-old a place at pop’s top table. “Hurt Me,” “Love Is Blind,” and “Silverlake” are your starting points: evocative and possessing giant, rousing choruses to thaw the iciest of dispositions.
19-year-old British musician Låpsley makes shimmering synth-pop shot through with longing. The best songs on her XL Recordings debut sound both intimate and enormous, while the less-inspired ones feel like trying to recall something boring that happened to you once.
The Merseyside based solo artist releases her debut album - a distinctive mix of electronic textures and her stark observations of a long distance relationship in decline.
In refusing to let the music industry's ignorance affect her work, Låpsley proves her point: women can do this damn well on their own, when they're given the chance. Long Way Home is a resounding success and hopefully the start of a very promising career.
Despite making her name with spectral, minimalist bedroom productions, Liverpudlian artist Låpsley explores new territory on her debut Long Way Home.
'Long Way Home' by Låpsley, album review by Jen Dan. The full-length comes out on March 4th via XL Recordings. Låpsley starts her tour,2/5 in Manchester, UK