Tuesday, 8 March 2016

Album Review: La Sera Music For Listening To Music To




According to Katy Goodman, Music For Listening To Music To is a statement. She states that “while working on this record, we didn’t set out to create music for commercials, music for licensing, or music for your office Spotify playlist. It’s music for listening to, and it’s the best kind of music there is.”

Produced by Ryan Adams, this is the fourth album under the name La Sera, following on from the reverby 60s style chamber pop of La Sera and two other great solo records, Sees The Light and Hour Of The Dawn. Music For Listening to Music To throws The Smiths, Johnny Cash and Taylor Swift into one huge melting pot to create something truly unique.

Newly added full time band member, Katy’s husband Todd Weisenbacker, adds a new element to this latest La Sera release with his Johnny Marr style guitaring and baritone vocals. ‘One True Love’ is a duet with probably the catchiest guitar riff I have ever heard. Another highlight for me, Nineties, feels nostalgic in exactly the way one would expect given the song title.


If you haven’t heard of La Sera before I have no doubt you will be hearing a lot more about this band in the years to come. Music For Listening To Music To stacks up very well with the other three La Sera releases, and is a great listen for both fans and new listeners. 

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