Lecaudé crafts glitzy, incandescent indie pop on "Circles"
Channeling fellow wayward solo acts like Ben Khan and Fyfe, London's Lecaudé makes a mark with his debut single, which artfully contrasts a message about stagnation and frustration with an instrumental that is constantly shifting.
Before Jack Durtnall had the moniker Lecaudé he was part of Little Shoes Big Voice, an endearing acoustic-folk group, and that songwriting talent is still evident here even if it's more cloaked in studio tricks and splashy synths.
Despite the track's frenetic nature, Durtnall manages to keep all of the elements churning together. It's reminiscent of Jai Paul's ability to craft songs that are simultaneously structured and chaotic at once.
The outro of "Circles" is also refreshingly organic: a gradually unraveling thread of saxophone, piano and bass that offers a pleasing contrast to the rest of the record's space age sound.
Full of pleasing contradictions, Lecaudé's new song is definitely one that'll stay with listeners both for its surface appeal and deeper meaning.
Lecaudé's "Circles" EP is due between this month and next. He plays London's Birthdays today, 3 February.
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