Lou Raymond’s “Girlfriend” represents humane conflicts in our minds about life, love, and even our identities. Lou creates an atmosphere with steady, detailed guitar work, complementing drumming, and Lou’s high, thin voice seemingly singing at a tempo slower than his instrumentals, but it also fits right in place.
Lou Raymond unrolls a love triangle with emotions complicating the situation. His voice perfectly explains the scenario without being too straightforward about it as his characters maneuver their paradoxes with inexperience and the thrill that comes with the adventure of reveling in something new and strange.
Lou depicts an androgynous twist to the love triangle, making the emotions even more complex. His high voice conveys innocence and insouciance well, while his questioning voice symbolizes him defending his thoughts and feelings while questioning others and challenging them to figure theirs out. All of this is perfectly beleaguered by that hazy, blurry instrumental, showing us how unclear their visions are, their thoughts could be, and how little we can trust the narrator for his unreliability. All we can tell is that the characters are venturing through emotions new to themselves and wouldn’t know better about what’s right here because no one has taught them what to do in such a novel situation.
“Girlfriend,” with all its chaotic quietude, recalls a bittersweet flavor fixated on all the different routes our human mind can take us and lets us fascinate over “what could have been” with the forbidden fruit of something that’s not ours to take. Listen to “Girlfriend” by Lou Raymond to reflect on your little fascination with life as well.
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Review By: Naomi Joan