Lomelda
{{other people | |Hannah Read}}
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| years_active = 2015–present
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Lomelda is the stage name of musician Hannah Read. According to Read, Lomelda is a made-up word that means "echo of the stars".{{cite web|last1=Pelly|first1=Liz|title=Lomelda navigates growing up and leaving home on her debut album, Thx|date=16 January 2018 |url=https://www.timeout.com/newyork/news/lomelda-navigates-growing-up-and-leaving-home-on-her-debut-album-thx-011618|publisher=Time Out|accessdate=24 April 2018}}
Career
Read was raised in Silsbee, Texas.{{cite web|last1=Rettig|first1=James|title=Lomelda Bring Starry-Eyed Texas Romanticism To SXSW|date=16 March 2017 |url=https://www.stereogum.com/1930163/lomelda-bring-starry-eyed-texas-romanticism-to-sxsw/concert/|publisher=Stereogum|accessdate=24 April 2018}} She began her music career playing in bands with her brother and with high school friends.{{cite web|last1=Mandel|first1=Leah|title=Lomelda Debuts "From Here," A Delicate Rock Ballad About Collapsing Distance|url=http://www.thefader.com/2017/08/16/lomelda-from-here-thx-stream-interview|publisher=The Fader|accessdate=24 April 2018}} Read's first full-length album, Forever, was released in 2015.{{cite web|last1=Johnson|first1=Tom|title=Lomelda: Forever|date=3 December 2015 |url=https://www.goldflakepaint.co.uk/feature-the-driving-romance-of-wacos-lomelda/|publisher=Gold Flake Paint|accessdate=24 April 2018}} In 2017, she released her second full-length album, Thx, with the independent record label Double Double Whammy. The album was co-produced with Read's brother Tommy.{{cite web|last1=Geffen|first1=Sasha|title=Introducing Lomelda's Sad Open-Road Music|date=8 September 2017 |url=http://www.vulture.com/2017/09/introducing-lomeldas-sad-songs-of-the-open-road.html|publisher=Vulture|accessdate=24 April 2018}} It was written over a few months while Read was sleeping in her car.{{cite web|last1=Rettig|first1=James|title=Band To Watch: Lomelda|date=10 July 2017 |url=https://www.stereogum.com/1950952/band-to-watch-lomelda/franchises/interview/|publisher=Stereogum|accessdate=24 April 2018}}{{cite web|last1=Stoneback|first1=Stephanie|title=Small Town Texas' Lomelda's New Album 'Thx' Seeks Beauty In The Space Between You And Me|date=6 September 2017 |url=https://uproxx.com/music/lomelda-thx-interview-pinegrove-touring-double-double-whammy/|publisher=Uproxx|accessdate=24 April 2018}} In July 2017, Stereogum named Lomelda one of their "Bands To Watch".
Her next album, M for Empathy, was released on March 1, 2019. Despite having 11 songs, the album clocks a total of 16 minutes. M for Empathy marked Read’s emerging use of piano to add to her customary guitar-oriented songs, as the primary instrument for the song "Bunk" and prominent in other songs including "M for Magic" and "M for Mush".
Lomelda's next album, Hannah, was released on September 4, 2020 via Double Double Whammy.{{cite web |title=Lomelda Announces New Album Hannah, Unveils Lead Single |url=https://www.pastemagazine.com/music/lomelda/lomelda-announces-new-album-unveils-lead-single/#album-artwork-hannah |website=Paste |publisher=Paste Media Group |accessdate=10 July 2020}} It received "Best New Music" from Pitchfork with a score of 8.3, calling the album "stunning" and saying that "The magic of Lomelda’s music is in that exchange, an infusion of strength and care from one person to another, no matter how small or ordinary. It has anchored Read’s songwriting from the beginning, and it is threaded throughout Hannah, which is warm and enveloping, like a hug."{{cite web |last1=Gottsegen |first1=Will |title=Lomelda - Hannah |url=https://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/lomelda-hannah/ |website=Pitchfork |accessdate=29 October 2020}} On the song "It's Lomelda", Read hints at artists that have influenced her music, including Low, The Innocence Mission, Frankie Cosmos, Frank Ocean, and Yo La Tengo.
Discography
Studio albums
- Late Dawn Inheritance (2012)
- Forever (2015)
- 4e (2016)
- Thx (2017) - Double Double Whammy
- M for Empathy (2019) - Double Double Whammy
- Hannah (2020) - Double Double Whammy
EPs
- Covers (2019) (with Hovvdy) - Double Double Whammy{{cite web |last1=Strauss |first1=Matthew |title=Lomelda and Hovvdy Release New Covers EP: Listen |url=https://pitchfork.com/news/lomelda-and-hovvdy-release-new-covers-ep-listen/ |website=Pitchfork |accessdate=July 1, 2019 |date=June 28, 2019}}
Compilation Tracks
References
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External links
- [https://lomelda.bandcamp.com/ Lomelda] on Bandcamp
Category:Folk musicians from Texas
Category:American indie pop musicians
Category:People from Silsbee, Texas
Category:Year of birth missing (living people)
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