Indie Folk from Lucas Fournier

Hailing from the Canadian city of Montréal, Lucas Fournier is a singer-songwriter currently in his third year at McGill University where he’s studying classical music. While he studies the disciplines of traditional music, at his home studio he sets his creativity free and makes his own original and beautiful indie folk music.

Blending his love for the ethereal indie folk sounds of artists such as Bon Iver and Novo Amor with the genre-bending and constantly evolving work of Radiohead and the groundbreaking sound design of producer Tony Berg, Lucas Fournier crafts his own unique style that truly pushes the boundary. At just nineteen years old, he demonstrates a maturity beyond his years with his writing that centres on growing up and becoming the person you want to be.

Teaching himself how to record and produce music, last year he laid out his first sonic statement with the debut single “Indigo”, followed up by his sophomore track “Bygones” before finishing the year with his first full length release, sharing the record Many Waters in December. Back this year with the next chapter of his sonic vision and the aim of stretching his talents to deliver surprising forays into new territory, the first of his new music comes with the lead single of his upcoming EP with the track titled “Lakeside”.

Like so many of his compositions, the new song was mapped out as a simple guitar-based structure before letting his musical paint brush run free, colouring out the track into a delicate ambient folk pice that builds to a stunning orchestral crescendo. Linking up with Harley Eblen to provide a graceful cello arrangement and Charles Henry-Volk to mix the track and allow every piquant touch to shine through, on “Lakeside”, Lucas Fournier showcases the depth of his songwriting and performance talents.

Penned about insecurity, growing up and accepting the responsibilities that comes with it, Lucas Fournier’s recent single is an epic take on the indie folk style and serves to demonstrate his originality and artistic flair on a song that ushers in the next stage of his flourishing musical career.

Listen to Lakeside below