LUKA – Past the Point of No Return (2020)
LUKA is exploring experiences with depression and anxiety in her single ‘Past the Point of No Return’. Using a non-traditional arrangement full of twists and turns, she sonically captures the struggle of getting past mental health issues and living life to the fullest. This struggle is pitted against the existential fear of wanting your life to mean something and be important.
Melding clever lyricism with LUKA’s signature synth undertones, the single captures the fight many people have against their own brains. A beautiful follow up to her debut single, it showcases what she has in store for listeners. Her great potential is on clear display with the single as she keeps you on your toes while letting you know that others understand what you are going through.
‘Past the Point of No Return’ has a light yet dark opening that twinkles across your senses. There is a dark vibrating tone on the low levels of the melody that gives way to a melancholic tone before returning for the chorus. The interplay of melodic elements in the melody is a wonderful sonic representation of the struggle people face with mental health. The dark tones act as depression and anxiety trying to pull you under while the lighter tones of the glimpses of hope and joy that try to push through.
As the melody forms the struggle, LUKA’s vocals dance across both lines like the mists of thoughts that run through your fingers before you can grasp them. There is a delicate feeling to her vocals making them vulnerable. The beautiful combination of the elements in the single creates a poignant and enthralling exploration of mental health struggles.
LUKA captures the struggle of getting past depression and anxiety in the beautifully emotional single ‘Past the Point of No Return’. The melody uses an interplay between deep tones and light twinkling notes to sonically create this struggle. LUKA’s vocals dance across the soundscape like wisps that you can’t quite grab onto. Together, they form a single that you can’t stop listening to and will want to have on repeat.
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