Lara Snow “Wild Sea”
Lara Snow Shares Emotive Stripped Version of “Wild Sea”
Photo credit: Lithai Pletain
When the lockdown put everything on hold, Lara Snow found herself sitting in front of a piano again where things return to the way they used to be at the very beginning, and the stripped version of “Wild Sea” was born.
Just her voice, a piano, and the intimate, brutally honest storytelling yet it is more powerful and compelling than ever. The stripped version of “Wild Sea” has heaviness in the piano. Her voice shines through the cloudest sky like a powerful strand of sunlight.
Snow has a unique voice that immediately stops your footstep upon listening. Her voice has the cathartic and giving-it-all spirit that reminds you of Avril Lavigne, yet it glows with a natural nostalgia and sombreness that reminds you of Lana Del Ray.
“All my songs are very personal, but with ‘Wild Sea’ I truly feel like my heart is out there for everyone to hold”, Snow said, “It’s the story of a poisoned relationship and a great heartbreak.”
She articulates the experience into deeply touching lyrics with poetic melancholy: “Waves that came to cover; I pushed them back to the sea; Oh the wild sea always staring back at me. Now you rule, I'll bury you; I'll bury you somewhere brighter; Where the skies forever blue; Where there is no us, there is no you.”
Written by Katrina Yang