by Dan Goldin (@post_trash_)
The last time we checked in with Brooklyn’s Lucia Stavros, they were leading the chamber pop band, Green and Glass. In the years since, Stavros has been focusing on her solo music, set to release Burn You Up, her first record under her own name, on September 26th. The record captures the harpist, songwriter, and composer blending together chamber-pop elegance and exuberance with the shimmery side of pop music. There’s a radiant immediacy to the songs, their delicate construction working to create something visionary but earnest. It’s a love letter to music as Stavros sees it, pop and orchestral touches side by side in a way that feels natural to her songwriting.
With “Working Stiffs” and “Daydreaming” already released, Lucia Stavros invites us deeper into Burn You Up with “Lena Lightly,” a song that feels pulled from the Eastern world with hypnotic harp phrasing that’s as much about comfort as it is repetition. The song unfolds slowly, dazzling with it’s atmospheric qualities before coming to life with an active rhythm and the chamber-driven vocal performance. The whole song flips itself from traditional touchstones to avant-pop as it grows and unfolds, with a knack for pop splendor at its core.