As far as alternative music goes, Erin LeCount is paving her own path. Taking inspiration from artists like Fiona Apple, Kate Bush, Lorde, Imogen Heap, Charli xcx, and Sampha, it’s no wonder the result is brilliant. Hovering in her own realm between alt-pop and synth-pop, Erin LeCount’s sound is distinctly her own, and you don’t want to miss out on it. Her most recent single, ‘I BELIEVE,’ follows two others: ‘808 HYMN’ and ‘MACHINE GHOST.’ With the thundering beat of a drum backing her equally forceful vocals, each song packs a punch. So if you’ve been looking for an artist who’s as powerful as she is honest, read on. We’re going to highlight each of her most recent singles and tell you exactly why you need to look out for Erin LeCount.
‘I BELIEVE’
This song is a great introduction to Erin if you value vulnerability in music. Immediately, she throws us into existential questioning. What is the meaning of life? How do we find it, given the current state of the world? In this song, she searches desperately for answers. We’ll let you, the listeners, decide for yourselves whether or not she finds them. But she seems to have landed at something solid by the end of the song. If not answers, at least a belief that she will find them someday.
“‘I BELIEVE’ is a cynical, existential song about apathy, passiveness in your own life, disillusionment with the state of the world, what it feels like to turning to every possible external source to tell you how to feel and exist – religion, self help books, magazines, astrology, lovers, antidepressants. I wrote it about a pursuit of perfection, faith and meaning soundtracked to relentless synth pop production.”
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‘MACHINE GHOST’
In this haunting track, Erin explores the feeling of dissociation. She muses about her relationship with her own body, and that body’s relationship to the world around her. Between the sound, lyrics, and music video, she conveys exactly what she needs to. ‘MACHINE GHOST’ tells a story of being lost, and of trying to claw your way back to yourself. And as we listen, it’s impossible not to be fully immersed.
“’MACHINE GHOST’ is a song about dissociation, the feeling of separation from your body in everyday life, at parties and the most intimate moments. It’s about going to extreme lengths to try and evoke some feeling again, no matter what it takes and what risk it involves, seeking cheap thrills and painful pleasure. An observation of my own body, relationships and my take on what it means to be both the ghost, and the machine.”
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‘808 HYMN’
Listening to these three songs altogether, it is clear that Erin knows exactly what she wants to do with her music. Her sound is confident and cohesive without getting boring. Although hers is a voice that we could hear and instantly recognize, no two songs sound the same. We can hear the inspiration from all the artists she notes as her influences come together in this song in particular. Quite like Lorde’s Virgin, for example, she blends deeply human lyrics with an experimental electronic sound. And she nails it.
If you loved these songs, the good news is it doesn’t end there. Discover the rest of Erin LeCount’s songs wherever you listen to music, and lose yourself in her world. Once you’ve become familiar (obsessed) with all of her tracks, join us in seeing what she does next. If anything is clear, it’s that this is just the beginning for Erin. Head over to @thehoneypop on Twitter, Instagram, and Facebook to keep watch with us!
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