Writing back in June, we described how the music of New York songwriter Laura Zarougian “draws on everything from mystical desert rock to the wistful classics of Emmylou Harris and Neil Young in order to tell the story of her forebears.” Recent single ‘Cairo‘ turned to her father’s Egyptian heritage, casting the titular city “as a distant, almost mythical place, one constructed from old tales and holding secrets too,” and the timeless country style was the perfect vehicle for such reflections. A sound able to conjure the full mysterious depth of the past and the romantic allure it holds over us.
With debut album Nayri set for release later this year, Laura Zarougian has unveiled brand new single, ‘Back To Me’. Another song which lives up to Zarougian’s own label of “one part Armenian cowgirl and one part indie rock,” this time swapping some of the stark drama for a more upbeat country rhythm. However, with this new momentum comes a strong dose of wistfulness too, as though the forward motion isn’t a carefree canter towards the future but an attempt to outpace the ever-present past. “People come back into our lives unexpectedly,” Zarougian told Americana UK, “we can look to the past, try to piece it together—but like many things, sense can’t always be made of paper puzzles.”
Nayri will be released on the 15th September.
