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Two New Tracks From Lontalius | Out This Week



#3

 Hello, 

 I’ve got some very exciting new stuff to share with you this today! Last night New Zealand’s very own Lontalius released two new beautiful tracks and they are well worth a listen. 

 For those of you who might not be familiar with Lontalius, he is a singer/songwriter from New Zealand. His debut album was released in 2016 after he’d signed to Partisan Records in New York and was a melancholy selection of gorgeous subdued tracks filled with echoing guitars and enchanting vocals. Eddie Johnston chose the stage name ‘Lontalius’ - a species of butterfly which can be found in Borneo and the Philippines. 

 His music would suit fans of nothing, nowhere and LUND. 

 His new tracks ‘I Wanted Him’ and ‘That Includes You’ caught my attention as they are the first we have heard from Lontalius since 2016 apart from the occasional feature on a couple of other tracks. 

 This first of the two tracks ‘I Wanted Him’ is a beautiful echoey love song which documents the feeling of loving someone without them knowing and ultimately going home without them. This track is built on a collection of soft synths and beats and is surprisingly more upbeat than your standard Lontalius song but is still paired with melancholy lyrics. Laced with a guitar riff at the end of the track this song would fit perfectly into a scene of heartbreak in some sort of ‘coming of age film’. This track is my favourite of the two and was immediately added to my playlist. 

 The next track ‘That Includes You’  fades in right off the back of the previous track and is so seemlessly linked that I thought I was still listening to the same track. This song showcases Lontalius’ ability to write poetic lyrics. “Inseparable can mean two things..” and other just as beautiful lyrics made this track difficult to stop listening to. I really loved the backing vocals on this track and again found this song refreshingly upbeat for a Lontalius track. I also listened to this track while driving in the sunshine and felt it fitted the mood perfectly. It left me wondering WHY WE ARE ALL SLEEPING ON LONTALIUS- HE IS BRILLIANT! 

 I highly reccomend these two gorgeous tracks to anyone who doesn’t mind some melancholy beats! 

 I’ll link to the tracks and Lontalius collections below.

 YouTube | Lontalius
Spotify | Lontalius
New Tracks | Spotify

 Eva

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