On their third studio album, Loma unveil a haunting, icy album that reaffirms their commitment to folksy ambient and jazz.
The music Loma makes is spatial. It’s not spacey; if anything, the Texas-born trio always sounds locked in. It’s not always spacious; it usually feels closely held, like a kitten or a secret. Vocalist Emily Cross’s spectral voice plus Dan Duszynski and Jonathan Meiburg’s careful drumming, guitar work and keystrokes are a recipe for immersive, evocative music that feels like an icy breeze. It emanates like vapor, leaving droplet impressions on every surface.
Historically, Loma’s sound has felt indebted to the rolling prairies surrounding Austin, where Duszynski maintains a recording studio free from the distractions of urban Texas. “Black Willow”—off their self-titled record—exudes this energy between vocals reminiscent of a dramatic chorus and strategic key flourishes over a no-nonsense drumbeat.
Cross’s vocal performance is part of what makes Loma such an enigmatic listen: Even when she sings “I can’t live with this feeling anymore” on “I Swallowed A Stone,” she is perfectly unflinching; it’s matter-of-fact but by no means blasé. Part of that may be that these are not her lyrics: Meiburg pens the majority of Loma’s words and Cross has the liberty to try them on and figure out how to inhabit those words like a true performer.
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