Remar opens with “sometimes…”, setting the tone for the rest of the album with the warm echoes of her guitar and dreamy harmonies reminiscent of Iron & Wine and The Japanese House. Throughout the EP, Remar questions herself and the relationships around her. In “was there more…”, she breathes, “I wonder what it’s like to start over.” Remar lends us insight to a relationship lost in communication with “hi…”. But perhaps the most poignant illustration of a lost soul is through “Lankersham”, the first single off the EP.
“I felt seriously stuck, sidetracked from my purpose,” she says, “My reality had become so skewed and I’d grown into someone I wasn’t really proud of at all.”
With just a soulful riff and Remar’s soft and breathy voice, “Lankersham” tells the story of a chase with duality–a forceful push out of a place that doesn’t belong to you, and a pull to it because you want to belong. With raw lyrics like “it still stings a bit, the weight of you” and “I need you whole, so don’t provoke me,” Remar touches on the reality of a draining relationship, or in this case a tumultuous relationship with fame.
Watch the official music video for “Lankersham” below.