“PAST LIFE”
LOST IN THE TREES
Here’s an album that will leave you thinking “huh?” at the beginning and “wow” by the end. With plenty of ambient noise to fill your head, “Past Life,” Lost in the Trees’ newest album, takes your mind on some sort of journey of self–discovery. “If I were to cross into another dimension, this would be playing,” a lifelong Penn fan said. Frontman and lyricist Ari Picker describes past lives and future lives, with the present as a place somewhere in between, all full of beautiful angels and breakable hearts. The band’s ever–present blend of folk and classical sounds saturates the title track, but here it combines with almost pop–like beats to create a feel that is both eerie and uplifting. This album definitely leaves you musing.
Grade: A–
Download: “Past Life”
Sounds best when: Determining the marginal benefit of studying for an economics midterm.
