Alas de Liona is forging her cosmic trail in music. On the release of her new single "Violet," through her independent label Deli Owner Records, she constructs this sonic quilt again, marrying ethereal beauty with naked emotion.
Recorded at Post Electric with her live band and produced by Rod Jones, "Violet" is a bright illustration of Alas's gift for pairing gentle, surreal melodies with evocative storytelling. "This So Fine" is a follow-up to her single "Astronaut," which was the first from her forthcoming album, Gravity of Gold. It continues to pull you into a universe filled with shimmering soundscapes and emotions that ripple like waves under the moonlight.
The musical evolution of Alas de Liona, the alias of "Violet" maker Rosa M. Paz, has been one of the contrasts of desert, Scottish mist, solitude, community, earthbound lyrics, and infinite sonics. These juxtapositions play out in full on "Violet," where featherweight, echoing instrumentation collides with a sincere vocal performance that sounds intimately personal and widely universal. "Violet" has a weightlessness, a sonic gentle tug into a dream state where nostalgia, yearning, and optimism coalesce.
"Violet" has a celestial grace, buoyed by the warmth of live instrumentation. It's a song that beckons you to close your eyes and dream back to childhood memories or forward into the unknown. The work with Jones at Post Electric sharpens Alas's signature sound, so each note feels intentional, each lyric resonates, and every pause conveys much.
"Violet" offers an enticing preview of what will come with Gravity of Gold. If "Violet" is any example, Alas de Liona's forthcoming album will be a sonic and emotional voyage that envelops the listener and transports them to a dreamland beyond their own.
"Violet" is an introduction to Alas de Liona's imagination, an invitation to a dimension in which dreams and reality bleed into one another, and music acts as a navigator through the ebbs of existence.