Alas de Liona, an American singer-songwriter living in Edinburgh, brings a gothic streak to the uptempo alt-pop of “Hunter I.” Taken from her vampire concept album “Noble Rot,” the single explores the loneliness of struggling to explain what’s happening inside your head.
Alienation, Gothic, Alt-Pop
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Its brisk pace gives that subject an interesting edge: the music pushes forward while the emotional situation stays painfully stuck. Vampirism becomes a useful way of discussing estrangement, the exhausting business of moving among people while carrying a private crisis. That’s a compelling foundation for pop, and de Liona gives the supernatural premise a distinctly human purpose here.
