Album/ Concert Review: R.LUM.R Is Surfacing People In Their 30’s
Introducing new music at Bowery Electric, R.LUMR enraptured his crowd by making everyone feel like they were hitting their own surface. He has absolutely “no airs” to him, and approaches music/ performance with a jovial maturity that spoke to a pack of Millennials tipping in or through their early thirties; only to feel like they barely understood their twenties. Yes, some artists really do tap into an age demographic/ generations.
R.LUM.R feels like the singer for the “emerging adult” that is fully aware that they are an emerging adult. He carries a lightness to his sound, like in tracks “How This Feels” and “Lonely,” which at “first beat” may sound like your typical, electro R&B song. They feel like the hits you hear on the radio, but his delivery and lyrics are for the person realizing that their “bounce-back” rate has gone down. Suddenly, when a relationship ends you GENUINELY feel like you will never have one again or when a dream dies, trying to dream another, is not so easy. Yet, he is witty and welcoming enough to make darkness feel light.
Part of getting older is also feeling weightier; as if you NEED to make things work otherwise you lose permanently. When you are young dreams, relationships, and even fashion choices feel toss-able and interchangeable. It is a feeling, at times, I miss, of which R.LUM.R’s positivity and warmth with the audience came in his unabashed recognition that you are right; growing up means realizing things are important. You can’t just toss a relationship away for silly reasons like the fact that he eats his food with a spoon and you are more of a fork kind of gal. You may that it silly, but, trust me, being young is about being sill, but, for R.LUM.R, being older is about being seriously happy.
I like R.LUM.R, and his upcoming,debut album, Surfacing, upon his performance, feels like it is going to be THE RECORD for the young adult. Those of us in our late twenties/ early thirties that are realizing success and happiness are not necessarily bound. In fact, these “concepts” might even clash when you really get to defining them. Yet, the perk of his music, style, and verses is that he helps you define them. He has a silky range that ripples through octaves to reveal what we all know is true: love is what most matters. For More Information On R.LUM.R Click Here.
