A musician since the age of 3, Elaine Lachica first knew she wanted to be a singer when, as a teenager, she heard Liz Fraser sing “Blue Bell Knoll” by the Cocteau Twins. It was then she started songwriting, and she hasn’t stopped since. I Think I Can See the Ocean is her third full-length, and her first label-backed album.
The dream like quality to her music could stem from the fact that she does most of her songwriting shortly after waking in the morning, when she is most creative and open to abstract material. Elaine’s unique musical journey brings about an unlikely pairing of her two influences to create songs that are simultaneously familiar and idiosyncratic. The album contains florid passages and intricate vocal arrangements which often stand in contrast to guitars that churn in dissonant counterpoint.
It's classic stuff in the making that will remind those of us who were around in the 90's of The Cocteaus, Anna Christensen and maybe a bit of Frente. She's gauzy and epic at times and then light and twee at others and her songs will make your heart tingle with dreamy delight. The girl can sigh with the best of them and as a result I Think I Can See the Ocean is a masterful record.
The dream like quality to her music could stem from the fact that she does most of her songwriting shortly after waking in the morning, when she is most creative and open to abstract material. Elaine’s unique musical journey brings about an unlikely pairing of her two influences to create songs that are simultaneously familiar and idiosyncratic. The album contains florid passages and intricate vocal arrangements which often stand in contrast to guitars that churn in dissonant counterpoint.
It's classic stuff in the making that will remind those of us who were around in the 90's of The Cocteaus, Anna Christensen and maybe a bit of Frente. She's gauzy and epic at times and then light and twee at others and her songs will make your heart tingle with dreamy delight. The girl can sigh with the best of them and as a result I Think I Can See the Ocean is a masterful record.
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