Album Review: L.A. Salami Is A Poet For The City of Bootmakers
In City of Bootmakers, L.A. Salami feels like the music narrator for youth. As seen in concert, he is magnificent story-teller whom is not afraid to make complex tracks. He wants you to unpack his music, and, in his newest album, he pervades his lyrics with strands of social, political and human polemic.
Frustration seems to be inherent with human history, and particularly infectious with every youthful generation silenced because experience is deemed the key to wisdom. Though wisdom can be earned through experiences, everyone has those, and it is your choice whether to learn a virtue from them. L.A. Salami has a lot of virtues that pulse like a life-line through lyrics that can feel fantastical in their description of city streets. It is between streets and buildings, people walk through their days imagining there has to be better, and convincing themselves what they are doing, even if mundane, is a step towards it. Yet, L.A. Salami is that hidden voice that questions: are you moving forward?
L.A. Salami – Jean Is Gone
“England Is Unwell”, “Science-Buddhism A Reality You Can Own”, “Generation Lost”, and “I Need Answers”, inadvertently, play to societal addiction to knowledge that gratifies us even if it does not fulfill or grow us. L.A. Salami is all about present perceptions, and uses his voice like a poet: singing and speaking according to beats as if words are symbolic actions. The way his vocality teeters between reality and ideology is perfect considering that is his ultimate message: if we perceive the world as failing either us or itself then it is, but doing nothing to change that, but acknowledge our perception, is another failure. His disappointment at humanity’s repeated failures is veiled under an artistic dreaminess. After all, no poet ever made a poem without believing his creativity could spark your reflection into artful action.
L.A. Salami – Generation L(ost) (Official Video)
From “You’re Better Off Alone” to “Who’s Cursing Us Now”, The City of Bootmakers is an excellent album. It blends indie-punk melodies with jazzy-blued hooks, to offer you a solemn look into the mind of a starry person. Imagination aligns with every drum, base, and guitar but settles in lyrics that show dreams may revive reality, but reality kills dreams. So how do we keep dreaming alive? For More Information On L.A. Salami And TO Buy The City of Bootmakers on April 13 Click Here.
