NYC-based artist Lara Taubman delivers a gripping, hopeful Americana sound on new album The Gospel of Getting Free. References to a “new home so free and clear,” play poignantly on opening track “Home At Last,” which speaks to leaving the past behind and focusing on a personal renewal, which captures the artist’s personal experiences that inspired this compelling album.
Taubman describes this new release as “like a ship on which I can finally sail home. I see only now that my three albums are primers that guide me out of my own complex trauma to become my true self.” The album proves distinctive from Taubman’s earlier releases in signifying a new personal state, one with improved mental health, which Taubman credits to somatic therapy for trauma.
She explains: “I immediately wanted more hope in the music as expressed in the songs “The Reason I Was Born” and “Sing Your Song.” Even the songs that are about dark matters like addiction (“Sugar”) and heartbreak (“The Odyssey,”) carry a sense of humor and an inner hope instead of despair.”
Another highlight, “The Siren” moves from folk-set introspection into a foreboding yet beautifully climatic guitar-led trickling, as ghostly vocals adorn. “Broken by her will to leave, a shame no one could see,” the vocals let out, exuding a sense of quiet melancholy. “Sing Your Song” shows a more triumphant renewal, both in its bluesy guitar tones and positive lyrical spirit — doubting naysayers and moving forward, within a build-up of crunchy guitars and shining organs. The Gospel of Getting Free is a strong output from Lara Taubman.
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“Home At Last” and other tracks featured this month can be streamed on the updating Obscure Sound’s ‘Emerging Singles’ Spotify playlist.
