{"id":8344,"date":"2024-05-28T11:05:24","date_gmt":"2024-05-28T09:05:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/starlight.rocks\/?p=8344"},"modified":"2024-05-28T11:05:24","modified_gmt":"2024-05-28T09:05:24","slug":"lowlives-album-freaking-out-review","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/starlight.rocks\/en\/lowlives-album-freaking-out-review\/","title":{"rendered":"Lowlives present a strong debut album with \u201cFreaking Out\u201d + Our \u201cAlbum of the Month for May!"},"content":{"rendered":"

Hi and welcome to Lila's review!<\/p>\n

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Is grunge back? Maybe not exactly, but there is a hint of this raw energy in the new album by the band Lowlives, which will be released on May 31. With \u201cFreaking Out\u201d, the group presents its first record that is entirely dedicated to the feeling of the music.<\/p>\n

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Find out what it sounds like here. Our \u201cAlbum of the Month\u201d for May!<\/p>\n

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Lowlives are new to the scene, but not quite. The founding members of the band, vocalist Lee Downer (The Defiled) and drummer Luke Johnson (Amen, Lostprophets), are no strangers to the music industry and have been involved in various projects. The impetus for Lowlives came from their desire to make music again with all their heart, with a lot of passion and above all in a way that makes it fun.<\/p>\n

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\u201cDuring my time away from music, someone bought a pair of child\u2019s ear defenders for my wife and I as a present when we announced we were pregnant,\u201d Johnson recalls. \u201cI\u2019d put them away in the cupboard, thinking we\u2019d never need them, that I wouldn\u2019t be playing any shows again. But they became this thing that nagged at me, the feeling that my daughter would never know the original me, for whom music was everything. Over time, those feelings came flooding back, as did the hunger, and the innocence. A massive part of me had been missing, and I wanted to get back to doing something pure and for the sheer love of it. That\u2019s what Lowlives is. Whatever happens, happens. Let\u2019s just Thelma And Louise this off a cliff.\u201d<\/p>\n

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You can't get away from music, especially not as a full-blooded musician like this. Together with guitarist Jaxon Moore and bassist Steve Lucarelli, Lowlives have grown into a force to be reckoned with, reviving the alternative rock and grunge of the 90s. The band is now offering a first taste of this with their debut album \u201cFreaking Out\u201d, which is shaping the summer with ten songs.<\/p>\n

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Lowlives present their debut album bluntly and honestly. With the first song, which is also the title track of the album, they break conventions and invite you to celebrate. Energetic and demanding, the new album literally casts a spell over you and, in keeping with the title \u201cFreaking Out\u201d, makes you forget your everyday worries. Their sound moves between honest grunge and harder rock that literally screams out emotions. Lowlives revive the feeling of 90s rock, but add their own touch to it, creating music that definitely bears their signature.<\/p>\n

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While you can hear a broad sound spectrum of different influences on their album, the band also tackles themes such as love, self-acceptance and inner demons that speak directly to you. Songs such as \u201cGetting High on Being Low\u201d or \u201cOut of Step\u201d in particular are part of this, but the song \u201cLoser\u201d also makes you empathize, as it is about an outsider who falls in love with an outsider.<\/p>\n

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