Lucy Frost doesn’t ease you in gently along with her new single ‘Traces’. She drops you straight into the mess. The track is about that intestine punch, the marginally unhinged feeling you get once you see your ex with somebody new and simply have to inform somebody about it.
Simply one other soften down
To consider him much less
Let your make-up run
Whilst you spill your guts
To the following
The lyrics are brutal and trustworthy. “Get a grip, you’re advantageous” sounds much less like reassurance and extra like somebody barely holding it collectively. When she hits “who’ve I turn out to be?”, it doesn’t really feel like a giant dramatic second. It sounds drained, like she already is aware of the reply.
“Traces sonically captures the chaotic spiral of somebody who simply witnessed their ex with somebody new for the primary time. That gnawing want to inform the following particular person about them, the intrusive ideas that management us within the second, the impulsive actions we take that we instantly remorse the following day. It’s paranoia whereas additionally being neurotic, till we’re pressured to face the query: who’ve I turn out to be?” – Lucy Frost
Sonically, ‘Traces’ leans into that instability. Edgy darkish pop thrums beneath, however there’s a grit operating by means of it that retains it from feeling polished. Frost’s vocals are rough-edged, barely raspy, pushing proper up towards the manufacturing quite than floating over it. You’ll be able to virtually hear the pressure, which works in its favour. The refrain is catchy, however pulses with anxious power, pushed by punchy drums and edgy textures.
‘Traces’ is a really relatable track. It’s not romantic and it’s not shiny. And Lucy Frost has one way or the other made having a soften down oh so trendy.
