A well-traveled voice in New York City’s indie folk scene, Leo Lovechild has spent the last five years earning his place as a local legend, cutting his teeth in venues that range from dimly lit basements to standing-room-only showcases. Now, he’s stepping into new sonic territory with Skyscraper Country, an upcoming album that threads country twang through the grit and longing of city life.
At the heart of the record is F.J. Stein, a fictional singer-songwriter clawing his way through the unforgiving streets of NYC, chasing dreams of fame and love while tethered to a city his family has called home for three generations. F.J.’s desperation played out in full force on the album’s first single, Kll Bob*—a dark, feverish fantasy about taking out his idol to steal the spotlight. Now, Lovechild shifts gears with Roses, introducing the love interest in F.J.’s tangled story.
If K*ll Bob was a reckless sprint toward stardom, Roses is the quiet sway after last call—like a warm shot of whiskey in a dive bar, one arm draped around the one you hope sticks around. Lined with smooth pedal steel and wrapped in a slowed-down country ballad, Roses lands just in time for Valentine’s Day, offering a melancholic yet tender soundtrack for those dancing between love and longing.
Put this one on, grab someone close, and let Lovechild’s storytelling pull you into a cityscape where neon lights flicker between heartbreak and hope.
From the artist
“The song was conceived years ago (maybe 2018?), when my ex-bandmate, whom I lived with at the time, was in a highly toxic relationship with this girl he was dating from New York. In all its dysfunction, there was something kind of poetic about it; the constant drama mixed with the questionably misplaced passion. I had the chorus of the song in my head and was trying to figure out the rest when I used the idea of my friend’s toxically poetic relationship as inspiration. It’s one of my most fictional songs, but still very real feeling to me because it’s so simple, and furthermore the lyrics of the chorus feel like something that pretty much anyone can relate to at any given time. After I wrote it, I more or less stashed the song away, playing it around the house for friends and sometimes bringing it out at the occasional acoustic gig. Once we started to take the band into a more country/roots-leaning direction about a year or two ago, we began introducing “Roses” into our sets, and it was an obvious choice to include it for the EP when we started working on the Skyscraper Country sessions.” - Leo Lovechild
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Stream “Roses” by Leo Lovechild:
https://ffm.to/rosesleo
Enjoy the accompanying video:
https://youtu.be/vEAF5HfKD74?feature=shared
Follow Leo:
https://linktr.ee/leolovechildmusic
Next single: March 21 - “All My Friends”
Album set to drop in August.
Tour dates can be seen on his instagram account
