Lapsley w/ Aquilo - November 6th at The Danforth Music Hall, Toronto
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If the speed of Lapsleys ascent seems remarkable at 19 years old, the past year has seen her move from sixth form college student to recording Long Way Home, her debut album for XL it is testament to her talent, her musical and emotional maturity, as well as to the fact that she is that exceedingly rare thing: a young artist who knows her own mind about her music, her production, herself.
Although she played piano, classical guitar, drums and oboe, Lpsley did not have a particularly creative upbringing; she was an academic all-rounder, her life equal parts schoolwork, classical music, a growing interest in a career in science. But I was a creative person being suppressed, she says. And I think what drove me to music was a fascination with this whole world that I didnt know. It excited me. And if I hadnt had this conservative upbringing I wouldnt have been so drawn to it. In her early teens she discovered electronic music, began going to raves near her home in Merseyside, joined a band. I was really into ambient music, and the space, and the beauty of it it kind of reminded me of some of the classical pieces I knew, she says.
Though she had already written songs on guitar, now she began to experiment with their production. I enjoyed shaping them into a song that was sonically exactly how I wanted it to be, she explains. Over the past few years, Ive come to know how to make the soundscapes in my head.
