Laissez-Faire Love

Laissez-Faire Love by LUCAS PASLEY is a wonderful track with a deep melodic and narrative connection. It utilises the bluegrass, americana genres to tell a love story that is wholly unique and special. The concept of love in music is often about being with one another, elevating each other with your support and presence. As much as this is lovely, an alternative take which is far less explored is the concept of love from a distance, loving someone so much that you are comfortable to let them be free.

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Being able to love and trust someone even as they are flourishing on their own is explored brilliantly here. I’m impressed by the poetic and articulate lyrics that explore this deep, connected trust. The instrumentation is fantastic, with the delicate strumming on the guitar contributing to the rhythm and melody at the same time. Its shiny, bright timbre builds in the bluegrass influences while also elevating the track with an ethereal confidence that is connected to the confidence at the core of the song’s narrative DNA. The trumpet adds a tonal diversity to the track that enriches the sonic landscape of the experience overall. Its charming and rich depth brings an addition to the track from beginning to end, exploring a variety of the highs and lows of the melodic structure. It works along the vocals, leading the composition from the font. This balance between the two instruments almost works like a call and response structure; it sort of feels like the trumpet is symbolic of this other character, flowing freely around the composition, uninhibited by the pressures and expectations of the vocal. The two ebb and flow, in unity then apart. This balance is key to the conceptual foundation of the track. The other strings are also excellent, providing a breadth that puts wind in the sales of the composition. I’m really impressed with this novel take on love in music. I also love how connected the melody is to the narrative with this concept of freedom flowing between the two.