Long time online creator and virtuoso Laufey releases her debut album, Everything I Know About Love. With a committed fanbase of both musicians and listeners, the album aims to please in it's complexity and musical melding. Musician and saxophonist Sophie Kozlowska shares her thoughts.
A guide to the hopeless romantic. Laufey’s debut album explores the subject of love; Falling in and out of love, the magical possibilities of day-to-day life, the awkwardness of first meeting, all the ups and downs… she has covered it all. She has created the perfect soundtrack to romanticise the everyday.
Her tapestry of sonic influences is vibrant and enhances her incredible storytelling. Drawing upon her upbringing, she has seamlessly blended Classical music, Jazz and Pop, threading them together to give a vintage and cosy feel, while also keeping it fresh and modern through the production and engineering. It is refreshing to hear music that uses orchestral and jazz instruments as a primary thought in composition, instead of an add-on post-release. In the lead single, also entitled Everything I Know About Love, Laufey plays a Bach excerpt on cello, alongside her mother and sister, giving the Classical fans among us an Easter egg! For the Jazzists, the song Just Like Chet refers to the great jazz musician Chet Baker and one of his most famous songs from the 1940s, I Fall In Love Too Easily. If you’re looking for a sweet and masterful album to lose yourself in, this is the one.
Sophie Kozlowska
Edited by: Ewan Samms
Cover image and in-article image courtesy of Laufey via instagram. In article video courtesy of Laufey via YouTube
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