LaVo “Roller”

LaVo’s “Roller” is the artist’s most intense and sophisticated release to date. The track opens with a hard-hitting retro beat and bewitching bass that recall the intoxicating vibes from the 80s. LaVo’s vocal introduces a momentary distance and stillness, the it fully explodes into your ears with wrenching emotions. It’s like a drastic primal scream that wants to tear up the restraints. It’s tangible and incredible. Like a firework that gives you goosebumps, and that’s only the beginning of “Roller.”

The track is relatively high energy, but it’s also reverberant and illusive. LaVo’s smooth vocal in the track not only provides the emotional strength needed but also proves to be a textural, atmospheric addition to the instrumentation. It balances the contrast and tension and gives listeners space to fully immerse themselves emotionally and physically without being burned or drained.

The best part of a song is always in the details. “Roller” takes listeners on an emotional roller coaster. The song explores and examines frustration, hopelessness, disappointment and anger in a high aesthetic sonic environment. The backdrop, in fact, never stops transforming from one imagery to another. The Radio edit is a lot more Radiohead than the original version, which sees more punches and 80s elements flying high in there.

The only thing that seems to be really desiring from “Roller” is an electric guitar solo, but the dynamic bassline provided something more imaginative and vivid in various patterns. Speaking of the song, LaVo revealed the context of “Roller.” “The lyrics deal with the hurt and predatory nature of modern day ‘holy rollers,” the artist commented. “I was trying to express that while they’ve gotten away with so much that I and no one else should continue to turn a blind eye.”