https:\/\/soundcloud.com\/artsandcrafts\/lowell-cloud-69<\/p>\n Lowell\u2019s red silk kimono glitters in the dimly lit Brooklyn Night Bazaar. As her fingers wrap around the microphone her heart pours out\u00a0through the speakers. Singing passionately with her eyes shut, she reveals warrior-streaked, radiantly pink eye shadow. Lowell sounds like Sleigh Bells (with less angst) and PJ Harvey\u2019s lovechild.<\/span><\/p>\n When Lowell took center stage on Valentine’s Day, she began playing to a few people sitting at adjacent tables. By the end of her set the crowd she enticed had gathered around the Bazaar\u2019s stage. She seduced and mesmerized her audience with her stage presence. As Lowell jumped, danced, and sung, she brought everyone into the moment with her.<\/p>\n Lowell\u2019s music career began when she was only 3 with her parents signing her up for piano lessons, which she appreciates now because music comes to her naturally: \u201cI found out music was a way to let out my emotions and how I felt about society and the world and my life and my own experiences.\u201d It was this realization that fueled her to make music her career.<\/p>\n On Lowell\u2019s upcoming album, We Loved Her Dearly<\/em>, the song LGBT<\/em> was inspired by her frustration from overhearing homophobic guys on the train while she was living in England.<\/p>\n \u201c…One of the guys was saying that guy is so faggy, fuckin fag, he\u2019s so gay, and was obviously talking about a straight guy in a derogatory term… I was like, man, fucking love, don\u2019t hate on love, what\u2019s your problem?\u201d says Lowell. \u201c\u2026 So I had an idea, if I made the most poppiest, happy, most catchy tune, possible for gay rights that no one can deny, will people actually sing along, and think about it and be like wait, don\u2019t hate on love, that\u2019s so catchy and fun to say, and maybe they\u2019ll even believe it?\u201d<\/p>\n Lowell\u2019s music is entirely based off of her own hardships and life experiences. She genuinely advocates for LGBTQ rights by embedding herself as an out bisexual woman into her lyrics. While producing \u201cLGBT\u201d she wondered if critics would chastise and accuse her of exploiting the LGBTQ community. \u00a0\u201c… it really does come from the heart, and if I make a pop tune about gay rights maybe people will sing along and feel like they can support it too.\u201d<\/p>\n Lowell shares her triumph of surviving an abusive relationship and being raped through the song Words Were The War<\/em> on her new album. \u201cThat one is my empowerment,” she explains, “because I wrote it the day I finally got out of that relationship, and the main hook is I don\u2019t need him anymore. Finally being able to get out of that and being like I\u2019m better than this and I\u2019m a human being and I have feelings and I\u2019m also extremely intelligent, and the fact that you\u2019re treating me this way makes you a shitty person, not me.\u201d<\/p>\n Lowell sings about hushed issues such as rape and abuse because she believes by not speaking out we perpetuate the deadly silence surrounding these problems. Her latest EP, I Killed Sarah V<\/em>, addresses gay rights, rape, and women who are forced into prostitution. \u201cIn general people won\u2019t say ‘rape’ – the forbidden word. The fact that people won\u2019t say this word is what makes it so difficult to feel like you didn\u2019t do something wrong.\u201d<\/p>\n Writing lyrics comes easy for Lowell. Her songs are layered with multiple meanings in an effort to allow everyone to relate. \u201cIt\u2019s almost like freestyling\u2026 when you start thinking of a purpose of a song then you start thinking of puns and ways you can subtly slip things in there. Sometimes there are three reasons to write a song, one is lighthearted, one is super deep and dark, and one is in the middle somewhere about breakfast or something.\u201d<\/p>\n Lowell\u2019s set at Brooklyn Night Bazaar on February 14, 2014 came to a close with a standing ovation from her captivated fans. The beads of sweat trickling down her face were testaments to the heart and soul in her enthusiastic performance. New York is eagerly and impatiently waiting upon her return.<\/p>\n Check out a small video clip I took at the show below:<\/p>\n![\"Lowell2_small\"](\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/posturemag.com\/online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/Lowell2_small.jpg\")
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