Song Review/Dream Pop : Tonal Swell’s ‘Summertime Sadness (Cover)’

The quality of Lana Del Rey’s music has always seemed irreplicable. Her ethereal dreaminess draws a beautiful duality between distance and intimacy. It is intense without being forceful and beautiful without being trite. Tonal Swell has just released their cover of LDR’s ‘Summertime Sadness’, and they preserve the plausibility of her dreamworlds while also indulging in their interpretations of her music. The song’s melody, rhythm, tempo, and essence are retained for the most part. 

Playing around with tones and tonalities, they create a whole new chromatic and textural landscape with it. The vocals carry a passionate, romantic weight without weighing the listener down. The soundscape swirls, oozing, moving, dancing in another world, so alive around it. Listening to it gives you that patented LDR feel but also a little bit of their own magic as well. A cover that complements the original without disturbing the essence of it. Listen Now! 

The track is available for streaming on popular sites like Spotify, Apple Music, YouTube Music, and Amazon Music! 

You can listen to ‘Summertime Sadness (Cover)’ by Tonal Swell here -