Lany - Lany -2017- -flac Cd- Review

In 2017, the CD was already dying, yet LANY’s debut treats it with respect. The sequencing—from the euphoric opening of “Dumb Stuff” to the hollowed-out finale of “Pink Skies”—is designed for a front-to-back listen. The FLAC format preserves the intended dynamic range, ensuring that the silence at the end of “Tampa” stings as much as the synth hook.

To listen to LANY in FLAC is to accept the album’s central thesis: that loneliness is not a dusty, vintage feeling (that’s vinyl). It is a high-definition, 20/20-vision horror show. It is seeing the pores on your skin in the harsh bathroom light after a one-night stand. It is the click of a keyboard sending a text you know you shouldn't send. LANY - LANY -2017- -FLAC CD-

Critics often pan LANY for lyrical simplicity, calling them vapid. However, listening to the FLAC rip of the CD refutes this. Vapidity implies a lack of detail. This album has too much detail. The production, helmed by Mike Crossey (Arctic Monkeys, The 1975), is so crisp that it borders on the clinical. In 2017, the CD was already dying, yet

LANY - LANY -2017- -FLAC CD-
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