Lady Anemoia take inspiration from the idealistic 60s on their recent EP, “The Hypnotist Collection.” The musicians are out to find the secrets of the world and are prepared to stop once they do.
It’s debatable whether the great musicians and artists of the 1960s ever achieved their mission. Many of them created great that still inspired groups like Lady Anemoia. But achievements signify a full stop. If “The Hypnotist Collection” has a theme is that of perpetual rediscovery of life’s possibilities.
The EP’s opener, “California and Me”, struggles to find a fairytale of endless Summers that so many pop songs have been written about it. This is the land of Musically, the band is most comfortable using a warm jingle-jangle folk-rock sound.
But it’s a land where wild, natural beauty coexists with flashing neons and perpetual busyness. “Fools” is an honest contemplation of whether the dream isn’t merely an illusion and whether this kind of lifestyle’s rewards will justify the effort.
Lady Anemoia do best when they use their warm, tender sound to express these doubts and when they allow themselves to let in the blues. “Sending Signs” with its great harmonica-lead musical theme, and the nostalgia-filled “Rockstar” are great examples of this.
This wide-eyed view of the world cannot be entertained without freedom. But that, too, has its price. “Someone Else” is a meditation on the risks someone pursuing a life dedicated to art and beauty will inevitably need to face.
Finally, with “Time and Time Again,” Lady Anemoia come closest to a personal anthem. The poetic lyrics talk of ambition, guilt, and hope in the face of calamitous doubt.
Where has dreaming got us? Everywhere. And that’s where Lady Anemoia are looking to go judging by the songs on “The Hypnotist Collection”. As for the time of arrival? That’s not something worth sweating too much over, especially not with so many things to see along the way.
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