you know how much i love the cool hunter so you can only imagine how happy i was to hear that my lana del rey review was published on the site!
Former jazz singer Lana Del Rey defines her genre as Hollywood pop/sad core and says she hopes her music can be the “sonic equivalent of a Vincent Gallo film”. The 24-year old New Yorker also describes herself as “gansta Nancy Sinatra”, putting into words the surprisingly coherent mix of the classic 60s round sound, the gloomy, grown up lyrics and the strong, convincing presence. Owing to Marianne Faithfull as much as she does to Fiona Apple and Norah Jones, this promising newcomer contrasts dark references with her fresh face via a series of DIY Youtube videos.
Her yet-to-be-released album is still being produced with a little help from a very cool production team including Liam Howe, Chris Braide and Emile Haynie. The foregoing teasing Youtube offerings seem to be all instant hits despite the poor production value of the videos: this is definitely the most awaited release of this autumn (Lana has signed with Stranger Records on June 30th and Video Games and Blue Jeans will be available on October 9th).
Befriend her on Facebook and keep an eye on those updates: 14k of fans before the album release can’t be wrong! – Andreea Popa
photo credits: the cool hunter
video credits: lana del rey
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polymorphic mind // the blog says:
Aug 17, 2011
Lana Del Rey – Video Games…
Pitchfork has this listed with a “best new music” tag. There’s something undeniably catchy about the song despite its slow pace. Her other songs are equally hook-y, but it’s difficult to gauge whether or not she can pull …