Music Review: Piper Landon

Piper Landon maps her new single ” Car Solutions” to a serene destination, guiding the body to a state of ease and self-reflection. She seeks neither catharsis or sedation but instead explores the gradations of expressing foregone memories.

Most pop music flows down one of two channels: There’s dance music, which aims to set the body in motion, and then there’s the now-ubiquitous chill music, ambient music’s descendant that captures tranquil and soothing sounds.

This song falls in the latter, as Piper Landon stretches it out with sparse melodies and echoey vocals. She doesn’t need to be verbose because she’s already said everything she needs to, showcasing her songwriting aptitude and her growth as an artist. The cumulative effect is hazy and dream-like, slightly giving freedom to her more experimental tendencies.

“Car Solutions” is incredibly smooth, which is dominated by gilded piano chords, and gently humming synths, which lay comfortably on the mix. It’s dotted with electronic splotches that shouldn’t work together but do as the sound here inspires genuine emotional release while the singer makes defiant statements that perhaps should be expected.

Piper Landon’s style—hushed, plaintive, and clear—evokes nostalgic vibes, buffing the record to a gloss that flatters her simple but crystalline vocal melodies. She’s always curious, always hunting for the next spark. She’s not content to complain lightly over a four-on-the-floor trot but she works her way up, shifting her vocals to accompany each note that lands on percussive throbs across the frequency spectrum.