New Music: Gold Spectacles – Lothario

Has it been a year since we covered Even by British songwriting and production duo Gold Spectacles? Time has flown, but they’re still making great music, as you can hear below on their new song Lothario.

It’s a conundrum of a song but a delightful one to listen to. A Scandi-pop infused arrangement meets a vocal performance that hints at folk and indie RNB, light in tone but full of emotional energy. You might think an unusual combination, yet it works well, fresh as the morning dew, even as the tension in the percussion hints that not all is well in the world of the protagonist in Lothario.

Gold Spectacles say about the song, “We like to write a certain degree of juxtaposition into our songs. Lothario is an upbeat track on the surface, but if you dig deeper, you discover it’s riddled with dark undertones and flawed characters. This reflects the narrator’s blind love for Lothario despite his obvious insincerity. We wrote Lothario in the Norwegian countryside just before lockdown and completed the final version at our own studio, Gold Spectacles HQ, a few months later. The isolation of 2020 allowed us to reflect on the core elements of the track and strip away any distractions.”

Lothario from Gold Spectacles is out now to stream or download on all major platforms, including Apple Music and Spotify. Be sure to check the band out over on Facebook, Instagram, and Twitter, where you can find alternative more streaming options. Oh, and listen to their self-titled album from 2019 – you won’t regret it!

Photo by Chio Fernandez