In Spirit by Lana Crow: Album Review

by admin April 10, 2026

April 10, 2026

British singer-songwriter Lana Crow returns with her third record, In Spirit, out since April 5, 2026, that maps out a compact seven-track map of modern life swinging between inward hush and full-throttle motion.

“I Do” eases you in with soft thumping beats and a sparkling pulse, while Crow, with her weathered, tender voice, sings, “There is no one else like you who will walk this life together,” cinematically enhancing the song. Then “Orwellian Times” opens with catchy, smug, building acoustic guitar licks, before electric guitars kick in and the tempo bites. Meanwhile, her high, delicate delivery slices through the arrangement like frost.

“No Secret (Remix)” tweaks familiar threads into a more kinetic shape, while “So Done” tightens the screws with brittle edges and emotional openness. But the album’s real gravity sits with “Unknow the “Known” (the original),” where paced verses simmer before guitars gnarl and grind over thumping drums. Crow chose this rendering for the record because it kept the demo’s raw sketchbook feeling. By the way, there’s an alternate single with a different spin if you want to compare notes.

“What Brings You Back” folds memory and yearning into a small, luminous chorus, and the title track “In Spirit” closes things out like a benediction, with gentle music, catchy beats, and cymbals that splash, topped by a delicate high voice that leaves you smiling and a little wrecked. Along the way, the production hops genres without losing cohesion, and Crow’s lyricism keeps everything human and true.

All told, In Spirit is messy, lucid, and oddly consoling, as a wide-hearted record.