Singer and songwriter Lachlan Buckle gives away the origins of his current project in two ways... that are really just one way (Hint, it's in the name). While fleshing out demos over the years he ended up giving life to something new by chance. Instead of a Frankenstine's monstrosity though, the consequence of his love and labor is something that reflects back the goodness that he has poured into it. Under the name Seasoning, he has released a six-song EP titled The Condensation. These songs have been with him a few seasons and have finally "condensed," with a little TLC, into a breezy, indie-pop record, animated by an amicably aspiring sense of purpose and a confident stride that is easy to get caught up. Looking to a few cherry-picked examples of what I am fond of about this record, we can start with "Next to Me" which is graced with a backpacker's wanderlust that lends a dreamy pace to the song's bendy, strummy powerpop skip, and then there is the country-reverb-rich "Change" which has a frank cadence to its inflections that causes it to resemble a caring but difficult conversation with a friend, and finally, there is the rambling break-beat and sunny disposition of the gleaming, dream-pop chords that lend motion and light to "Loop Song," a track that moves like a film with a recurring, montage like a structure which sees Lachlan whispering lyrics quietly, as if to himself, as he wonders like a stray atom through city streets at a pace that is slightly slower than the rhythms of the people around him, making it appear as if he is being lapped by the spinning world around him. Sometimes the city is too frantic. Sometimes when the world is spinning out of control you need to just bump the breaks. Slow down and stay awhile, and let Lachlan show you what Seasoning has to offer.
