My newest single, "Apathy", comes out Friday 11/3/2023 on all streaming platforms.
This gentle, somber single is a stark contrast to its predecessors. Nothing to hang onto but a piano, a voice, and the words themselves.
I wrote this song the year I graduated college. At the time, I was so disgusted with myself and everyone and everything around me. If one line had to encapsulate the essence of the whole song, it would be "Fuck You for what you did to me. I don't love you anymore." I felt it all over and inside of me. It wasn’t until I wrote the bridge two years later—in the Times Square Guitar Center, because it was the only access I had to a piano at the time— did I realize how much of that anger was at myself, and how much I had numbed myself to feeling anything other than indifference.
Apathy is the defense mechanism of the 21st century. When feeling becomes too overwhelming, we attempt to protect ourselves by shutting down. But powerful feelings ultimately can't be ignored, and one day we crack open.
But in that cracking, our wounds exposed and raw and unavoidable, we begin to heal. When we finally have the courage to confront our loneliness and despair, we realize how un-alone we actually are.
Allegra Larson- piano & vocals
Gary Henry- mixing & mastering
Sienna Elektra- cover art
Brattleboror Reformer article: https://www.reformer.com/arts_and_culture/allegra-larsons-latest-single-deals-with-loss-on-different-levels/article_fe1a6092-7750-11ee-a7de-133918c5a502.html#tncms-source=infinity-scroll-summary-latest
Originally written on an old piano in a college basement, this song has transformed from its inception to its release. What started as a 4/4 piano ballad has evolved into a groovy rock song with guitar solos and sultry piano outros. This song is about a situationship that has run its course, yet the people involved are forever changed by each other. Memories that were once sweet are now cold and haunting. "I told you falling in love was like fighting a war; no one comes back the same."
Allegra Larson- vocals, piano
Jeff Larson- guitar
Gaetano Lardieri- drums
Cyrus Rogers- bass
Doug Kwartler- mixing & mastering
Available on all streaming platforms
"Ex Queen of Hearts" is out at last!
Letting go, karmic, cycles, obsession, overthinking, and divine feminine rage. If you've ever known you need to walk away from a situation but can't seem to do it, if you've ever broken your own heart over and over again because you just can't let go, this one's for you.
Allegra Larson- vocals, piano
Jeff Larson- guitar
Gaetano Lardieri- drums
Cyrus Rogers- bass
Doug Kwartler- mixing & mastering
Available on all streaming platforms
UPDATE: "Ex Queen of Hearts" hit the radio airwaves 2/16-2/18. New Music Alliance played featured the song during Radio Hour on WXOJ Northampton, WMNB North Adams, WCCH Holyoke, WWUH Hartford, WMCB Greenfield, WECS Willimantic, WAPJ Torrington, and WHUS Storrs. The show can also be found on Youtube under the title "New Music Alliance Radio Hour-Show 198D. Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h16HGOqYUwY
Sundays & Tuesdays @ 1846 Tavern, 6pm-9pm
(11/26-3/31)
Thursdays @ Snow Republic, 6pm-9pm
(1/4-3/28)