Singer, songwriter and contemporary pianist Fay Lamour’s newest EP Off-Season is a sweet instrumental record consisting of four plaintive classical compositions that could be the perfect soundtracks to these cold winter days.
Although I suppose you can’t really call these tracks classical. They certainly take inspiration from classical composers of the past – the influence of Tchaikovsky, Liszt and even Debussy coming through quite strongly – but ultimately Lamour’s contemporary jazz background sways the music in a more filmic, atmospheric direction.
Based off of the four seasons and what each might sound like, at least in Lamour’s mind, the concept behind Off-Season is vivid. “Blue Winter” ends in melancholic melody while a happier motif returns in “Might as Well Be Spring”, ending things off with a harmonic kind of dissonance on “A Summertime Song”.
The self-produced EP also comes at the same time as Lamour’s collaboration with Safety First! frontman Dylan Retief, and their ambient track “Outer Space”.
In fact, Lamour has been consistently releasing music since the start of last year, and shows no signs of stopping either, with her debut album set for release later this year, and my guess is that it’s only going to up the emotional intensity we’ve seen from her thus far.
