L'Rain

Written amidst heartbreaks from the perspective of an earned maturity, 'I Killed Your Dog' takes the sonic world laid out by L’Rain in 2021’s album 'Fatigue' on a compelling new trajectory.

Overwriting themes of grief and identity that informed her previous work, 'I Killed Your Dog' considers what it means to hurt the people you love the most. Multi-layered in subject and form, L’Rain’s sonic explorations interrogate instead how multiplicities of emotion and experience intersect with identity. The experimental and the hyper-commercial; the expectation and the reality; the hope and the despair. “I’m envisioning a world of contradictions, as always,” Cheek explains. “Sensual, maybe even sexy, but terrifying, and strange.”

While the specifics may be hidden from view, 'I Killed Your Dog' is an invitation to experience the big emotions of life through L’Rain’s prismatic lens. Pieced together like snippets of found sound, L’Rain is edging towards a practice that resists disciplinary categorization and instead reflects the messiness of the self in all its fullness.

(New Year’s UnResolution)

“A probing, intriguing piece of songwriting, it ricochets L’Rain in startling directions.” - CLASH

““New Year’s UnResolution” is unstable patchwork pop” - FADER

"Anchored by a freewheeling pop sensibility. The groove is brisk and bright, the synths as warm as the vocals, but still, “New Year’s UnResolution” doesn’t sacrifice any of the surreal, experimental flourishes that have defined L’Rain’s work." - Rolling Stone

"Explores a poppier side of L’Rain, as she dances through the aftermath of a breakup. Cheek’s compositional skills come through in thoughtful additions to the backing track, as sparkling electronic sounds rise." - PASTE

"Dreamy single "New Year's UnResolution" builds vocal tension before giving way to psychedelic, synthy production and layered harmonies, winding down with muted piano." - Brooklyn Vegan