The Here With You by LaureNicole has a small serenity that is like walking to your front door after a tiresome long day. Those gentle acoustic guitars and the coy piano do not play, they embrace and envelop you, like a blanket still in the dry clean shop. And finally Lauren starts singing. It is so intimate and sincere, as to suggest that she were sitting right next you, disclosing a moment that she has kept locked in her heart. It is the type of a song that can make you stop and listen to it – listen to it actually and pay attention to the emotion that is behind each word.
The best thing is that the band provides the feeling of peace without making it too cheesy or cuddly. You may listen to the background of that calm, the fighting, the education, the decision to continue. Their electric advantage of habitualness bracket out here, and allow tenderness breathing room. The painful tunes have traces of The Cranberries, the same emotional complexity that 90s alt-rock was memorable because of. There is nothing about this that seems borrowed, though–it changed to an influence and that belonging to them so beautifully.
Each section of the band is so soft yet heavy. The drums played by Jim beat like a heartbeat. Bass by Zack provides a warm touch of silence- the warmness you would not feel immediately but would miss immediately had it left. And the guitar of And Rhet flashes in wavy lines, like sunshine filtering through a partly shut window. Collectively, they form space to allow the feeling to rest – in the heart where the significant sentiments rest.
Here With You provides us with what we all desire, and that is some time of tranquility; a realization of how nice it is to be simple in the presence of someone who cares about us. It is the song which you would like to send a late night message to someone who you miss or embrace someone you have already in your hands more tightly. Here, LaureNicole has constructed something rather strong without much noise, evidence that the most basic songs are the ones that are most memorable to us.