We’ve been vibing on the dark-but-innocent feels on the latest single from Lyrah, “In The Leaves.” The song starts out with a forlorn piano intro but quickly evolves into a tasty dance-influenced track, complete with a pounding percussion backbone, tasty melodies, and wildly modulated vocals. “In The Leaves” has a fantastic origin story, best told by Lyrah herself:
“I wrote this song about a dream I had before I decided to quit my stable, full-time job. In the dream I kept waking up outside, like on the sidewalk in San Francisco and in the leaves by a road. I kept choosing that over my bed or car, and it felt surprisingly calm when I’d wake up outside of my home.
I had a session with Benji of Slenderbodies and we talked about this dream and how it seemed to mirror my life choice of staying in the comfort of a full time job or leaving and being satisfied with less.
I quit the job and I kept the song.”
You can also find “In The Leaves” on Spotify and Apple Music.