Hailing from Nashville, TN, LO CLOUD is here to captivate you and work their way to becoming your new favorite band. Before you start judging a book by its cover and think to yourself, "Oh, a band from Nashville. I bet they're country or country adjacent", hear me out. With decades of experience and influence from bands likes Jimmy Eat World, Third Eye Blind, The Killers, and Weezer, LO CLOUD knows what it takes to write a hit and that is evident in their debut single, "Sleepwalker", which is easily a contender for single-of-the-year.
Talk about a single, let alone a debut single, being well received as the band is closing in on 1,000 monthly listeners on Spotify with just one release. That is a level of musical talent that many bands strive to achieve. It is well deserved as "Sleepwalker" is a start-to-finish banger. This song has all the potential of being a stadium-staple that crowds can sing back at deafening levels. Upon a first listen, you could almost immediately be transported back to your favorite memory from your youth. Which, in a way, fits exactly with what the band intended because when talking about the single, the band had this to say:
Drawing from the sound of our youth, these songs explore the bittersweet reality of life and dreams, while preserving the hope that our best days may still be ahead of us.
The band also mentions how:
The debut single, “Sleepwalker," is about rejecting life being on autopilot. It’s about finding the courage to recognize and accept the ways we've failed to fully live, so we can wake up to a life of greater intention, passion, and purpose.
The track has it all: catchy riffs, honest and relatable lyrics, some all-star level drumming, and, most importantly, it is just a vibe. You know what I'm talking about? C'mon, you know! "It" is that special something a song has that allows you to know without a shadow of a doubt that music runs through the veins of each of the band members. "Sleepwalker" effortlessly blends elements of music from the 1990's and early 2000's while maintaining an era of freshness allowing it to stand the charts of current releases. I've had it on repeat for at least an hour now and it just gets better with every listen.
