EP Review: Brisbane’s Lucy Francesca Dron releases ‘Leftovers’: a collection of jazzy, intimate and beautiful songs

The Breakdown

Lucy Francesca Dron's new EP 'Leftovers' showcases her vibrant and dynamic songwriting and inherent style as well asa voice soaked in late night excess, pain and poetry. 'Leftovers' is pure theatricality and poise: torchlit songs that shine with passion.

Independent – 8.0

Lucy Francesca Dron‘s new EP ‘Leftovers’ showcases her vibrant and dynamic songwriting and inherent style as well as a voice soaked in late night excess, pain and poetry. ‘Leftovers’ is pure theatricality and poise: torchlit songs that shine with passion.

First track ‘What Is Next’ has almost a jazzy element and a fast complex pace, Dron’s voice an extraordinary instrument that scats and soars above the dappling guitars that sometimes ascend into a fuzzy blast. Next track, ‘Mirrors’ dials back the pace a little: a reflective track with a subdued, filtering piano but with the same soaring vocals from Dron. It shifts subtly in tempo, but remains grand and theatrical.

‘Take It From Me’ presses gently on the accelerator: a faster paced track with a pulse and verve. Dron’s vocals again shine with range and emotion.

There is a raw visceral edge to the single ‘Liquid Numbing Pain’ that is really quite exquisite. Dron’s voice is infused with a late night insouciance, dripping with emotion and pain, soaring magnificently over a sparse rumbling soundtrack – insistent and driving, relentless. You cannot help but think of Amy Winehouse, but with a more grounded indie rumble. There are no frills to the instrumentation: the sugar-coated alcohol-infused gloss is Dron’s extraordinary voice inflected by a huge range and depth of feeling.

Dron says simply of the track that it is a raw and honest retelling of my own experience of intense heartbreak and loss. You can certainly feel each emotional blow deeply in the vocals – imbued with a late night whiskey soaked decent into personal hell.

The accompanying video is just as raw – direct and simple and all the more visceral and compelling for it:

‘Leftovers’ ends with ‘Epilogue’ a slower swinging piece that evokes late night cellars and red velvet lounges. Raw and visceral, naked and bold singing creates serrated edges that catch and shine.

‘Leftovers’ is a bold and evocative statement from Dron. Her divine voice is one filled with pain, joy and sorrow – a life lived at the edge yet immersed in all of its vicissitudes. She has the stature and grace of a star being born. You can download/stream the EP here and listen below.