Laura Musgrave explores the full spectrum of emotions that comes with a break up on her fierce new pop rock EP The Longest Time
Lauded for her distinctive pop rock sound that evokes the spirit and appeal of a time where music was built more around emotional resonance and striking a chord with listeners than pandering to trends or algorhythms, Laura Musgrave is somebody striving for authenticity in her work and her writing, and her new EP The Longest Time is a collection of tracks that showcase everything that makes the artist feel exciting and dynamic.
The EP opens with ‘Crumbs’, a track punctuated by its punchy guitars and the spiky, confrontational tone of Laura’s vocals. The track explores the relatable feel of having to make the most of a relationship where you’re getting the bare minumum from the other person, and sees the artist defiantly deciding that she’s had enough of carrying the weight on her own. It makes for a cathartic and empwoering introduction to the EP that is packed full of life and energy throughout.
The anthemic and catchy ‘The Longest Time’ follows and finds the artist in a decidedly more optimistic mood, welcoming the butterflies and excitement that come with a new situation while still having a cautious approach to going all in and making that leap. It is a track that is packed full of nuance and care while maintaining the fun pop rock edge that Laura has made her own.
The artist’s most emotionally charged side comes to the fore on ‘Inevitably’, a track that builds in quite a deliberate fashion to create the EP’s most emotionally resonating moment as she grieves the end of a relationship that has ended. There are more relatable lyrics here, as the artist reflects and realises that the relationship was always doomed and that she just couldn’t really see it at the time, despite the other person not actually doing much wrong or being a bad person at all.
There is a more scathing feel to the EP’s fourth track, ‘Blood On My Tongue’, a reflective track about looking back and realising that you lost yourself within a relationship and were being actively held down and hindered by somebody rooting against you. It showcases some of the artist’s more fiery and impactful tendencies as an artist, with a fun, hard-hitting chorus that more than matches the overall feel of the track.
The EP closes out with the punky ‘We Can’t Lose’, a track that brings the EP to a really energetic and invigorating close, showcasing a more optimistic view following the end of her relationship and looking in a more positive light towards the future. The track puts a really nice bow on the EP, and offers a real ray of hope following a collection of tracks that explore a full spectrum of emotions and frustrations, exploring the full cycle of a breakup and the hardship and renewal that comes with it.
