Album Review: Hannah by Lomelda

Just over halfway through Hannah, the stunning, open-hearted new album from Lomelda, there's a crucial moment of affirmation. Nothing is working--singer-songwriter Hannah Read's body refuses to cooperate; her hands aren't opening, her limbs are weakening. A security guard finds her splayed out on all fours. Singing about the moment over somber piano, Read's voice cracks: "She asked me what's your name/Are you ok?" The magic of Lomelda's music is in that exchange, an infusion of strength and care from one person to another, no matter how small or ordinary.

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Lomelda’s Hannah Read does what she does best on her latest album, Hannah. Namely, Read peels back the events of her life to reveal open-hearted ruminations on loneliness, long distances, chance encounters, and missed connections. All suffused with the appropriate amount of emotional depth and a warmly fuzzed lo-fi delivery. Read’s experience doesn’t have to be your experience in order for you to capture the feel of what’s going on.

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At its core, Lomelda is a project about shyness – that it's okay to feel it, how to embrace it, and laying it all out to be examined in its primary elements. Over the last few years, Hannah Read has sang about introversion in simple terms, and her latest album continues to showcase her no-fuss, contemplative songwriting. Fittingly named after herself, Hannah is taken straight from the mind of a wallflower, apprehensive and always low-key.

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It's Frank, it's Frankie, it's Francis 'It's Lomelda' reads like a list of influences: "It's Low / It's Yo / La Tengo / It's The Innocence / Mission". It's a list that could go on. (It's Hop Along. It's Girlpool. It's Alex G.) 'It's Lomelda' is, though, a powerful assertion of self. So ….

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