Indie folk from Lucas Laufen

Growing up in the small ex-fishing town of Port Lincoln, Australia, Lucas Laufen was a passionate pianist at the age of eight and an ardent trumpet player at ten. It was not until his teens that he discovered the acoustic guitar and began fostering a deep and unique passion for songwriting.

In 2016, the Australian artist left everything behind in his coastal town Port Lincoln for a dream life on the European road. Finding his feet in the German capital of Berlin, Lucas put down roots and used the city as a base to release his debut EP “Goodbye”. The EP was toured through 11 different countries, performed in clubs, living rooms and concert halls.

After two years of writing while on the road, Lucas travelled to Christchurch New Zealand to wrap his experience into an album. His music can be linked to a form of therapy. His delicate brand of folk effortlessly relieves the listener of any stress, grief or sorrow. Sombre falsetto melodies married to shimmering guitars within elemental orchestrations that yearn and plunge, endow us to stop, breathe and escape the daily noise.

Like many, the COVID 19 pandemic put a stop to Lucas’s extensive touring. However, the songwriter redirected his focus to the studio, collaborating with Grammy award-winning producer Antonio Pulli to produce his second studio album Weathering. The album is a breathtaking statement of artistry for Lucas, combining Neoclassical and Folk influences. Lucas will once more be teaming up with Embassy of Music for the release of the body of work over 2021 and 2022, accompanied by another fresh swathe of shows across Europe and beyond.

Now the artist is ready to showcase the first offering of his upcoming work with the lockdown inspired song “Cabin Fever”. Having written the track in the middle of 2020, the beautiful song is an observation about his own feelings while watching the world through his window.

Commenting on the new track, he offers, “I lost perspective and generally felt really weird,” he says. “It was a really rainy May and I’d just sit in my room watching people with umbrellas and wonder about the broadest topics.”

Adding, “I finished the song on a bike ride out to some fields in Brandenburg when lockdown eased. This was the point I realised that I needed to get out, to get fresh air, nature and fields. City life has always been a compromise for me, I’ve always needed to counter it with nature. This experience cemented this idea further and made me realise how happy I am by myself in a paddock.”

“Cabin Fever” is a song that feels as optimistic as it does melancholic. Laufen’s smooth vocals are accompanied by his guitar and an upbeat, yet uncomfortable piano melody, which gives the track a hint of urgency. “I bought an old spinnet piano in Brandenburg before I started recording the track and had it shipped to my studio in Berlin. It barely worked at the time, with the midrange being the only keys that would make any sort of sound,” Laufen says. The song is deliberately repetitive, tense and uncomfortable and mirrors the emotions we had throughout the last year.

Listen to Cabin Fever below