New Laconia drop portals, and their new single โJourney to the Pastโ is exactly that. Itโs a swirling, high-stakes, cinematic soundtrack and existential diary entry. Rooted in the bandโs overarching narrative, this is where their wandering hero, The Traveler, collides with memory, myth, and dรฉjร vu inside the strange Stardust Bear Bazaar.
From the jump, the music hits with thumping beats that pound like a heartbeat in overdrive, while the guitars grind sharp and gritty, churning in tight, jagged loops as if caught in that very time cycle the lyrics describe. Over the top, Anton Sydorukโs high, energetic, and urgent vocals slice through, soaring toward the rafters before trailing off with haunted weight. Itโs a performance that teeters on the edge of control, full of tension and release, pulling you deeper into the vortex.
And the lyrics are riddles scrawled across the walls of a dream. Sydoruk sings about portals, machines of time, strangers who look like yourself, and memories that never sleep, all conjure up to meditate on identity and choice. When the refrain โJourney to the past, I goโ comes back around, it lands like a spell.
What ties it all together is the atmosphere, as the song feels expansive and claustrophobic, like standing inside a collapsing time loop. Listen to โJourney to the Pastโ that comes as a summons, a mirror, and a memory all rolled into one.
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Review by: Naomi Joan