“My Lover Threw Me Under A Bus” is the poignant new single from Suffolk, UK-based artist Leaone. Merging hip-hop boom-bap beats with sampled 1984 Romantic-era strings, the track utilizes consuming, baritone vocals in documenting post-relationship sorrow and a heavy internal struggle for peace.
A haunting, cinematic range of heart-tugging strings and chilly piano open the track with strong atmospheric appeal. Leaone’s vocals follow, enveloping with a lived-in thematic feeling, tracing how “I’ve been out of my mind for a long time, lived through heaven and hell.” Somber accounts of “I haven’t laughed in a long time darling, I hear you’re doing real swell” inject a post-relationship melancholy, and relatable accounts of feeling personal struggle while others flourish. “My lover threw me under a bus,” the stirring chorus then hits, maintaining the arsenal of string-laden chamber-pop beauty.
“Trying to find a little piece of mind, trying to be my best friend,” Leaone’s vocals consume in the next verses, beckoning for self-love and brighter days as the “everybody’s staring like they think I’m crazy” observations. The resonant title-centric refrain follows, maintaining strong emotive power and authenticity throughout alongside a riveting production that balances chamber-pop and alt-pop. “My Lover Threw Me Under A Bus” is a memorably emotional yet infectious track from Leaone.
—
This and other tracks featured this month can be streamed on the updating Obscure Sound’s ‘Emerging Singles’ Spotify playlist.
We discovered this release via MusoSoup.
