Wer á sagt muss auch ć sagen
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| Lypurá - "ć" Label: Through Love Rec. |
Once upon a time there was an old lady living in the flat above mine. She had a cuckoo clock that was ticking every full hour. It was a strange, kinda creepy sound, but eventually I got used to it. The lady has already passed and now all that I'm hearing from said flat are techno beats every now and then. Her grandson moved there and his taste in music is questionable, no doubt. As hard as it was getting used to it, but sometimes I wish for the cuckoo clock to return.
The artwork from LYPURÁ's new album "ć" portrays a broken cuckoo clock alongside an old house telephone and a vase, all of them messily taped or glued together. They also used this antiquated objects for their "Return.Youth"-video as some sort of metaphor for memories of a long gone past. At least that's my feeling about the song. Those moments you love to remember but you can't bring them back, you can't recreate them and eventhough you know it's better for your own mental health to let them go, it's not that easy. But you have to move on.
A lot of "ć" is about moving on. LYPURÁ deal with broken relationships and other losses, while constantly battling their inner selves, full of self-doubt. It's not always the depressing kind of way, in fact, most of time it isn't. The feeling of "ć" is surprisingly relieving, even optimistic in some moments. It may be calculated optimism, but at least it's some kind of optimism.
("Aftermath")
For all of you who don't know LYPURÁ yet, they're a three-piece from Baden-Württemberg in Germany and caught somewhere between Emo, Screamo and Post-Hardcore, with lots of Post/Indie-Rock-ish guitars. They released their debut album "á" in 2016, and followed with the two-song-EP "b́" in 2019. They were ready to put out their sophomore album, which was already finished back in 2020... but due to certain issues they weren't able to release the record until a few weeks ago. But the wait was worth it.
"ć" is their most versatile outing so far, they really try themselves out. From straight and fast ("Tiny Sledgehammer Blows") to catchy and hook-laden ("Return.Youth", "Re:Convalescene") to melancholic and reduced ("Aftermath"), from drawn-out ("Clarity") to sweet-and-to-the-point ("A Wolf is a Wolf", "Re:Convalescene") to pure Ambient ("Mold", "Pellets"). They show a lot of new sites to them, and that's what keeps the record fresh and exciting. In fact, it's kinda surprising how melodic "ć" turned out to be, and how often they use clean vocals. But with David and Daniel's more aggressive side project MEISZEL on the verge, this direction makes even more sense for LYPURÁ now.
If you liked them before, I'm sure you'll like this too. If you're new to them, it's a good starting point, as "ć" is their most fleshed out record so far and full of moving moments and lovely, little details.
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