The musical project New Laconia continues its interstellar storytelling with the new single “New Laconia,” an instrumental odyssey that blurs the line between cosmic fantasy and cinematic soundscape. This is a new chapter in the ongoing saga of the Traveler, whose journey through portals, planets, and forgotten universes began in earlier releases like Journey to the Past, The Fates, and Stardust Bear Bazaar. Here, the Traveler arrives on Planet Symmetry, a world ruled by perfect order but haunted by the loss of Time itself.
“New Laconia” opens like the slow dawn of a new world. You hear faint, distant sounds of rushing water and nature form a sonic horizon at the advent before deep, thumping drums emerge and ground the track in pulse and momentum. The guitar slithers in next, its tone snaking and shimmering, each phrase ending in sharp, vivid, organic and otherworldly bursts. It’s a soundscape that expands with every bar as layers of bass and synths stretch out like shifting light on alien terrain.
Then, the warm horns enter. Mind it, this is the project’s first use of saxophone and it’s weaving through the dense textures like a voice calling across galaxies. Their melody brings a sense of adventure harbouring melancholy, as if the Traveler is discovering and mourning the ruins of an ancient civilization. Subtle violin swells echo faintly in the distance, to symbolise ghostly reminders of time’s vanished order.
The production builds steadily, as the percussion and melody intertwine like gravity and orbit, creating a meditative rhythm, suspended between motion and stillness. By the time it fades, “New Laconia” has transported the listener far beyond Earthly dimensions. It’s a portal, and what lies beyond is beautiful and mysterious.
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Review by: Naomi Joan