Boasting a playful and eclectic sonic character, Lenny Zen seems to be perfectly at home in psychedelic-laced indie pop territories, often steeped in wonky beats and bubbly, uplifting energy. Last year’s ‘Artifact of Attraction’ was the perfect evidence of it, an album that’s as expansive as it is charismatic. Now, the San Diego-based creative returns with ‘Stick Around’, a wonderful single anticipating a larger EP, ‘Revertigo!’ In it, we find the Zen that we have come to know.
Reflective in a joyful manner, ‘Stick Around’ elaborates on one of the EP’s crucial themes: growing up and dealing with the intricacies of adulthood. Life is never quite how you expected it to be. Sometimes, it’s hard to face such a harrowing truth, something that Lenny knows pretty well. Putting it in musical form might ease its acceptance. That’s where ‘Stick Around’ finds its strength, shining a light on the difficulties of change and nostalgia, getting comfortable with an ever-evolving social landscape.
Framed into a dreamy, groovy indie instrumental, ‘Stick Around’ is more than ever an anthem for any young human out there. As Zen explains: “It’s an anthem of resistance and a call for connection, echoing the universal struggle of finding one’s place in the world.” Look out for Lezzy’s upcoming EP, ‘Revertigo!’.
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