One year after the release of Oniromancie, her critically acclaimed third album, Laurence-Anne is back with Melancolía, a dreamy new single sung in Spanish. This release will be followed by a short Mexican tour which will take place from November 1st to 7th, including a set at Hipnosis, Mexico City’s renowned psychedelic rock and pop festival. This will be the artist’s second tour in the country this year. After that, she will open for Peter Peter at Club Soda in Montreal on November 23rd.
Melancolía is available now on all music services.
As its title implies, Melancolía expresses a nostalgic melancholy, the end of something that was beautiful and will remain so despite its demise. Laurence-Anne compares this powerful feeling to dawn and dusk, the cycles of luminosity that drive our lives. Light inevitably affects our mood. Our emotions are tinted in different ways, like the colours in the sky. I've always found a beautiful glow emanating from melancholy, she explains. Things change, disappear and are reborn like light every day.
The song was composed, arranged and co-produced by Laurence-Anne alongside co-producer François Zaïdan. True to her love of unconventional textures, the singer-songwriter was happy to incorporate two of her favourite instruments into the song: the recorder and the steel drum.
Watch and share the visualizer for Melancolía via YouTube.
Last year, Oniromancie and its singles attracted the attention of both local and international media outlets, including BBC Radio 6, BBC Scotland, The Line of Best Fit, BrooklynVegan, Under The Radar, Indie Rocks!, Revista Marvin, Exclaim!, RANGE, Radio-Canada, La Presse, Le Devoir, Le Temps, Billboard Canada and Ferarock, among others. The record is still garnering praise as it is currently nominated in the Alternative Album of the Year category at the 2024 ADISQ Gala, as well as the Indie Rock Album of the Year category at the 2024 GAMIQ.
About Laurence-Anne
Laurence-Anne is an architect of the intangible; she sculpts musical landscapes composed of haunting melodies, lush synthesizers, synthetic rhythms and hazy textures, all coated with her voice capable of instilling both comfort and anxiety. All of these elements come together to create a blend of dream pop, coldwave and synthpop inspired by her imagination, intimately connected to her experiences, and deeply infused with her unique perspective. On Oniromancie, her third album released in September 2023, she dives deep into the nocturnal world, moving seamlessly between sweet dreams and paralyzing nightmares. Drawing from the depths of its creator's subconscious, Oniromancie manages to spellbind listeners by revealing a universe that exists only to those who lend an ear, one in which Laurence-Anne opens up more than ever while still deepening the mysterious aura that surrounds her.
Tour dates
11/01/2024 - San Andrés Cholula, MX - Mutando Inmutando
11/02/2024 - Ciudad de México, MX - Club Deportivo La Campana (Festival Hipnosis)
11/03/2024 - Ciudad de México, MX - Foro La Piedad
11/06/2024 - León, MX - El Callejón
11/07/2024 - Guadalajara, MX - Cuerda Cultura
11/23/2024 - Montreal, QC - Club Soda (Supporting Peter Peter)