Instead, including these hints at breaking away from her established sound just feels like she’s wasting time.īlue Banisters is an album caught between missed opportunities and some truly incredible songwriting. It’s as if Del Rey thinks her voice won’t work with the more untraditionally “Lana” aspects of the album. There’s also the one-minute “Interlude – The Trio,” which implements a completely out of place trap beat and no vocals. This section has so much potential to be the backbone for a radically different song for her, but it’s tucked away at the end of a track instead. For instance, “Living Legend” features Del Rey belting a wailing outro that sounds so radically different from everything else.
Throughout the album, she recedes into her comfort zone with quiet piano tracks littering the album which, unfortunately, trap her rather than challenge her already established style.Įverytime Del Rey hints at wanting to go in a new direction, she does it after the main song has already neared its end. The one aspect lagging behind is Del Rey’s instrumentation. Although screaming vocals don’t really fit within Del Rey’s signature style, she dips into this section and it disappears just as fast as it shows up. Notably, “Dealer” has a moment where Del Rey forgoes her soft falsetto and instead devolves into a scream-but just for a moment. In the past, Del Rey has had moments where her vocal delivery is muddled and difficult to understand, like during parts of “Venice Bitch” on her 2019 album Norman F-king Rockwell!, but her vocals shine through with clarity and vocal precision throughout Blue Banisters. Her soft voice really fits her muted music style. The line “Comfortably numb, but with lithium came poetry” on “Wildflower Wildfire” is a powerful reference to her inspirations and how she channels her pain into art.ĭel Rey’s voice is as beautiful as ever for the most part. Connections like this make the album a really engaging listen. The songs are woven together through color, telling a larger story of sadness overshadowing these relationships. Del Rey, who abandons the blue flowers on “Violets for Roses”-a metaphor for changing oneself in a relationship-hurts all the more knowing that this change was for nothing, as her plans to paint her banisters blue on Blue Banisters disappear once the relationship has ended. At times she creates powerful impacts through her lyrics, which subtly weave together many of her songs on this album. See her post, which includes a snippet of "Arcadia," below.While March’s Chemtrails over the Country Club brought a new folksy sound to Lana Del Rey’s music, on Blue Banisters her music appears to be a return to reflective alternative pop, for better or worse.ĭel Rey’s lyrics on Blue Banisters dash between heartbreaking power and tone-deaf missed opportunities. "I’ve never felt the need to promote myself or tell my story, but if you’re interested this album does tell it- and does pretty much nothing more."ĭel Rey has already shared Blue Banister's title track, along with “Text Book” and “Wildflower Wildfire.” "Thank you to my friends over the last 18 years who have been an example of attraction not promotion," she ended her message. "And for all of the skepticism about feigning fragility and unreasonable explanations of not showing general accountability- I must say I’ve enjoyed moving through the world beautifully- as a woman with grace and dignity." 20 January 2022 Miles Kane reveals existence of 'lost' album with Lana Del Rey Lana included the songs Dealer and Thunder from the axed collaboration on her latest record Blue Banisters. "As much as the on going criticism has been trying, it at least has pushed me to explore my own family tree, to dig deep, and to continue to exhibit the fact that God only cares about how I move through the world," Del Rey confessed. This song hits somewhere in the middle and by the time the record drops you will hear where we’re at today." "If you’re interested go back and listen to the first three songs I put out earlier. "I guess you could say this album is about what it was like, what happened, and what it’s like now," she began the long caption. Lana Del Rey has been promoting her new album Blue Banisters for months now, and though its release date is currently "TBD," the singer-songwriter recently took to Instagram to preview its next single, "Arcadia," and explain the album's inspiration.
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