Soaked with echo, Avery Lynch's voice seems like a whisper that won't be stifled entirely in a noisy music environment. "Lasting Effects," the new single from the Pennsylvania-born, Los Angeles-based singer-songwriter, is a personal reckoning wrapped in layers of lush piano, aching honesty, and quiet resilience. A raw, intimate hybrid of indie pop, adult contemporary, and soul-baring singer-songwriter tendencies, "Lasting Effects" opens as a seamless entry in a journal written in the immediate aftermath of heartbreak but spoken in the voice of someone who's made peace with the other side.
Amid a breakup and dealing with a harsh comment that she'd never be loved quite that way again, Avery takes what could have been one of those despairing moments and turns it on its head. She didn't want that love again, and that was when the healing started. The track starts at the piano, where unforgiving emotion lifts softly from melancholic chords. Then, her soft, emotive, and very human voice leads you through her story's emotional peaks and valleys. There is a degree of stillness in her delivery, even when the agony is almost palpable. That contrast makes "Lasting Effects" particularly striking. It reflects and glows in reflecting. Avery can take the deeply personal and make it resonate broadly.
Whether you've gone through something similar or just recognize what it's like to lose and find yourself, there's something on this track for you to relate to. Her storytelling is therapeutic. "Lasting Effects" isn't so much about a breakup as it is about reclaiming self, a soft but forceful notice that some endings are the most beautiful beginnings. And with Avery preparing to release her next project later this year, this cut is evidence that not only is she growing, but she's glowing as well. For anyone who's ever been told they weren't enough, Avery Lynch has a song that says otherwise. And that kind of message lingers. Just as, you know, the residue.
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