Lucy Gooch - Rushing
| Artist: | Lucy Gooch |
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| Genres: | Ambient, Ambient Pop |
| Released: | 2020 |
| Type: | EP |
| Label: | Past Inside the Present |
| Link: | Bandcamp |
Rushing is intimate collection of songs built around Lucy’s emotive and soothing vocals. Her voice acts as a grounding force in the face of longing, loss, and uncertainty. The accompanying layered synth lines unobtrusively support both Lucy and the listener as they search for a space in which they can heal and grow....
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"Bristol-based musician Lucy Gooch’s Rushing, a collection of five synth-focused ambient pieces, is her first for Past Inside the Present. The record’s electric sound is best reflected in “Sun,” where a steady and confident synth melody underlines the album’s themes of healing. There are lighter moments, too: “There is a Space In Between” builds an instrumental crescendo from largely unchanging notes that are added to a growing chorus as the track goes on. And while the instrumental tracks are strong enough to stand on their own, the true focus of Rushing is Gooch’s reverb-laden vocals, which take center stage across nearly every track. They first appear on opener “My Lights Kiss Your Thoughts Every Moment,” cutting through a haze of abstract vocalizations, and resting atop a warm piano backdrop. Gooch’s voice is rich and angelic, matching the timbre of the lush surrounding instrumentation. On the title track, Gooch provides a hook that could have been ripped from an ‘00s indie pop song, before giving way to an analog synth progression that’s peppered with chant-like vocals." -- The Best New Ambient Music on Bandcamp: January 2020 by Ari Delaney
released January 8, 2020
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"Bristol-based musician Lucy Gooch’s Rushing, a collection of five synth-focused ambient pieces, is her first for Past Inside the Present. The record’s electric sound is best reflected in “Sun,” where a steady and confident synth melody underlines the album’s themes of healing. There are lighter moments, too: “There is a Space In Between” builds an instrumental crescendo from largely unchanging notes that are added to a growing chorus as the track goes on. And while the instrumental tracks are strong enough to stand on their own, the true focus of Rushing is Gooch’s reverb-laden vocals, which take center stage across nearly every track. They first appear on opener “My Lights Kiss Your Thoughts Every Moment,” cutting through a haze of abstract vocalizations, and resting atop a warm piano backdrop. Gooch’s voice is rich and angelic, matching the timbre of the lush surrounding instrumentation. On the title track, Gooch provides a hook that could have been ripped from an ‘00s indie pop song, before giving way to an analog synth progression that’s peppered with chant-like vocals." -- The Best New Ambient Music on Bandcamp: January 2020 by Ari Delaney
released January 8, 2020
Editions:
2020
Original Release
Past Inside the Present
| PITP-LS01
| Digital/Vinyl
| 01. | My Lights Kiss Your Thoughts Every Moment | (2:16) | |
| 02. | Rushing | (3:20) | |
| 03. | Stalagmites & Helictites | (2:55) | |
| 04. | Sun | (5:12) | |
| 05. | There Is a Space in Between | (5:06) |