Genre/Influences: Cinematic, Ethereal.

Format: Digital, Vinyl.

Background/Info: Hailing from Portland (USA) Lore City is driven by the duo Laura Mariposa Williams – Eric Angelo Bessel. They’re now active for numerous years and have -mainly self-released their work. We here get their newest single featuring two songs.

Content: “Animate” is a dreamy track supported with Ethereal, and bewitching, female vocals. The song is driven by a slow cadence and achieved with refined electro sound treatments. “Very Body” is an instrumental cut which sounds darker and definitely into Cinematic music.

+ + + : I like the inhibited sphere hanging over the work which is created by delicate sound treatments and the magic of Laura’s vocals. “animate” definitely sounds like a great piece of music.

– – – : “Very Body” doesn’t sound bad at all but can’t compete with the magic of the main song.

Conclusion: It’s hard to define this formation but the sound is intriguing and subtle.

Best songs: Animate”.

Rate: 7.

Artist & Label: www.lorecitymusic.com

Listen to “Animate”:

About Lore City

Lore City is a duo formed in 2011 and based in Portland, Oregon. The lineup pairs Laura Mariposa Williams (vocals, keyboard, guitar) and Eric Angelo Bessel (percussion, keyboard, guitar), a married couple who met as students at Syracuse University.

The duo released the album “Absence & Time” through Already Dead Records in 2013, followed by “Kill Your Dreams” on Already Dead Records and 1980 Records in 2014. After a break, Lore City returned with “Alchemical Task” in 2020 and “Participation Mystique” in 2021, both issued on their own Lore City Music imprint. The two-track single “Under Way”, featuring “Animate” and “Very Body”, followed on Lore City Music in October 2022, mixed and mastered by Jason Powers.

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