life is too short to listen to old music
La Luz
genre: Rock
styles: Indie Garage Rock, Indie Surf, Alternative, Indie Rock, Doo Whop
ABOUT THIS BAND
“I was in a dream, but now I can see that change is the only law.”
With a credo adapted from sci-fi author Octavia E. Butler, an album title from a collection of metaphysical poetry, and an expansion in consciousness brought on by personal crisis, guitarist/songwriter Shana Cleveland learns to embrace a changing world with unconditional love on 'News of the Universe', the new album from La Luz.
A record born of calamity, a work of dark, beautiful psychedelia reflecting Cleveland’s experience of having her world blown apart by a breast cancer diagnosis just 2 years after the birth of her son. It’s also a portrait of a band in flux, marking the first appearance for drummer Audrey Johnson and the final ones from longtime bassist Lena Simon and keyboardist Alice Sandahl, whose contributions add a bittersweet edge to a record that is both elegy for an old world and cosmic road map to a strange new one.
Unashamedly vulnerable, unabashedly feminine, and undeniably triumphant, the release is another knockout record from a band so reliably great that it has perhaps led people to overlook how pioneering La Luz really are: women of color in indie music forging their own path by following their own artistic star into galaxies beyond musical trends, always led by an earnest belief in the cosmic power of love and a great riff. Never is that more true than on this album, which might be La Luz’s most brutal record to date but also their most blissful. After everything, how could it not?
Source [Spotify]Releases
LP
News of the Universe
out on May 24, 2024
via Sub Pop Records
Single
I’ll Go With You
out on April 30, 2024
via Sub Pop Records
Single
Poppies
out on April 02, 2024
via Sub Pop Records
Single
Strange World
out on March 05, 2024
via Sub Pop Records
LP
La Luz - The Instrumentals
out on June 24, 2022
via Hardly Art
Single
Endless Afternoon
out on May 19, 2022
via Hardly Art
LP
La Luz
out on October 22, 2021
via Hardly Art
Single
Lazy Eyes and Dune
out on October 14, 2021
via Hardly Art
Single
Oh, Blue
out on September 28, 2021
via Hardly Art
EP
Metal Man
out on September 09, 2021
via Hardly Art
EP
The Pines
out on August 25, 2021
via Hardly Art
Single
Here on Earth
out on August 03, 2021
via Hardly Art
Single
Watching Cartoons (with Adrian Younge)
out on July 21, 2021
via Hardly Art
Videos
I'll Go With You (Official Video)
April 30, 2024
Strange World (Official Video)
March 05, 2024
Oh, Blue (Official Lyric Video)
September 28, 2021
Here on Earth
August 02, 2021
Watching Cartoons (Official Video)
July 21, 2021
Concerts
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