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SUMMARY:This is Lorelei
DESCRIPTION:Transformation is a funny thing. In seeking self-improvement\
 , we parse through our inner angels and demons\, designating our better 
 tendencies as core parts of our identity and dismissing problem areas as
  reflections of past selves we’re bound to outgrow—as if both sides aren
 ’t integral parts of us. Personal growth can be a tricky and disingenuou
 s prospect—often further muddied by capitalism\, armchair psychologists 
 and religious zealots—but it’s also an essential\, life-affirming proces
 s worth enduring. Box for Buddy\, Box for Star\, the latest album from T
 his Is Lorelei\, explores this conundrum\, functioning both as an earnes
 t transformative exercise and a tongue-in-cheek takedown of the illusion
  of transformation. Since 2012\, New York City singer-songwriter Nate Am
 os (Water From Your Eyes\, My Idea) has recorded and self-released hundr
 eds of songs under the This Is Lorelei moniker\, and perhaps surprisingl
 y\, after a decade plus\, Box for Buddy\, Box for Star marks the first a
 ttempt at a traditional\, intentionally written full-length album. Amos 
 describes the bulk of This Is Lorelei’s discography as “unedited diary e
 ntries\,” written and recorded without much forethought\, regard for gen
 re or reverence for albums as thematic bodies of work\, so oddly enough\
 , Box for Buddy\, Box for Star is both a fresh start and the culmination
  of years of diligent\, interesting songwriting. In the summer of 2022\,
  while working on the album\, Amos was laser-focused on personal growth 
 and felt an unfamiliar but pressing need to reflect honestly on his life
  through lyricism. Emotionally\, it was a tough period\, especially coup
 led with his mission to write without smoking weed—a substance he relied
  on nearly every day for the last 15 years—for the first time. “I had ju
 st finished a tour with Water From Your Eyes\, during which I laid on th
 e ground at Stonehenge for 40 minutes and decided to stop smoking weed\,
 ” Amos explains. “Initially\, this album was just a challenge to make mu
 sic without getting high\, and I was worried I wouldn’t come up with any
 thing at all. I isolated myself from pretty much everyone and wrote song
 s all summer. I was pretty broke and significantly depressed\, but also 
 in a sort of healthy mental demolition mode\, trying to reimagine how I 
 wanted to move forward with my life. For better or worse\, what I made e
 nded up being a delayed recovery album\, largely dealing with more signi
 ficant addictions that I kicked a year earlier.” Much to his surprise\, 
 it was a creatively abundant time\, yielding roughly 70 songs. To pull t
 his off\, Amos hunkered down in his Brooklyn apartment for three months 
 and followed a peculiar daily routine: eat ramen\, smoke cigarettes\, do
  500 push-ups and 1\,500 sit-ups\, lift guitars like dumbbells\, intermi
 ttently watch Texas-Mexico crime drama The Bridge and crucially\, write 
 songs. “Whenever I got fidgety because I couldn't smoke weed\, I would j
 ust do push-ups\,” Amos recalls. “It got to a point where I was like\, ‘
 I’m gonna light this cigarette\, and I’m gonna do push-ups until I’ve sm
 oked the entire cigarette\, and then I’m gonna try to write another song
 .’” Box for Buddy\, Box for Star embraces traditional pop songcraft and 
 a confessional\, carefully written brand of lyricism\, dabbling in the k
 ind of classic singer-songwriter cliches he never imagined toying with—b
 ut not without the counterbalancing force of shitpost-y irony\, which li
 steners have come to expect from Amos. Inspired by the gritty romanticis
 m of Shane MacGowan and the Jim Croce mimicry of Tim Heidecker’s What th
 e Brokenhearted Do…\, the LP exudes both a grizzled charm and youthful i
 ntensity. Sonically\, Amos adorns the record with quaint country gesture
 s—a full-circle artistic choice for Amos whose father is a veteran blueg
 rass musician. “That kind of music is deeply ingrained in me\,” Amos say
 s. “I think for that reason\, I definitely avoided it for a long time—no
 t because I dislike that music by any means. I’ve always loved country m
 usic. But there was something about coming back to that and embracing it
  that felt vaguely autobiographical.” And it wouldn’t be a Nate Amos rel
 ease without a few curveballs\, like “Dancing in the Club\,” a bouncy au
 to-tuned pop song\, which he likens to Bruce Hornsby-via-Blink-182\, or 
 “Perfect Hand\,” an intimate piano-led track with vocal samples\, alarm 
 bell-like effects and skittering electronic beats. He also mischievously
  opens the album with a red herring of sorts\, “Angel’s Eye\,” a twangy 
 sci-fi country duet about an angel who abducts a cowboy and unintentiona
 lly falls in love. In many ways\, Box for Buddy\, Box for Star\, is defi
 ned by dualities. Whether it’s angels and demons or god and Satan\, Amos
  uses imagery that pits good and evil against each other to make a large
 r point about the way we draw clear lines between our past and future se
 lves in order to facilitate self-growth. In doing so\, Amos underscores 
 the inextricable link between our past and future and critiques the noti
 on of total\, sudden transformation. The album title is also an apt refe
 rence to our past and future\, with “box for buddy” representing a demon
 -like figure and a “coffin for the past\,” and “box for star” representi
 ng an angel-like figure and a “music box for the future.” But what reall
 y grounds the album is its earnest\, radically candid meditations\, or a
 s Amos calls them\, “aggressive self-reflections.” On “Where’s Your Love
  Now\,” Amos is strikingly blunt while recounting a friendship ravaged b
 y addiction\, and on “Perfect Hand\,” he offers a hopeful yet measured v
 iew of his life in matter-of-fact terms. Box for Buddy\, Box for Star is
  a series of balancing acts: past and future\, confidence and self-mocke
 ry\, country and electronic music\, self-improvement and accountability\
 , openness and self-preservation. Nate Amos reaches into the depths of h
 is personal hell and emerges with an intensely affecting album that offe
 rs listeners space to contemplate their own past\, future and conception
  of transformation. Just bring three boxes: one to bury your shame\, one
  to safeguard your hopes and one to fill with This Is Lorelei’s gorgeous
 \, illuminating and delightfully unfussy songs.\n\nTickets: https://www.
 axs.com/events/1441078/this-is-lorelei-tickets?skin=roxy\n\nhttps://find
 local.community/event/935c6276-5e4d-4fee-94ba-6c702ab8c4ea
LOCATION:Roxy Theatre-CA\, 9009 Sunset Blvd\, West Hollywood\, CA 90069
URL:https://findlocal.community/event/935c6276-5e4d-4fee-94ba-6c702ab8c4e
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