{"id":8595,"date":"2014-03-03T15:33:36","date_gmt":"2014-03-03T15:33:36","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/stylusmagazine.ca\/?p=8595"},"modified":"2014-03-03T15:33:36","modified_gmt":"2014-03-03T15:33:36","slug":"lyon-toronto-singers-new-project-hits-the-wecc","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ckuw.ca\/stylus\/2014\/03\/03\/lyon-toronto-singers-new-project-hits-the-wecc\/","title":{"rendered":"Lyon :: Toronto singer’s new project hits the WECC"},"content":{"rendered":"
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photo Paul Steward<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

by Martyna Turczynowicz<\/strong><\/p>\n

Lyon is an up and coming indie pop star hailing from Toronto, ON. We caught up with her to talk about the release of her EP, <\/em>Indian Summer, her upcoming tour and her love for 80s covers.<\/em><\/p>\n

Stylus: How long have you been doing indie-pop as Lyon?<\/strong>
\nLauren Lyon:<\/strong> Lyon is a fairly new project, probably only a year and a half.\u00a0 I\u2019ve been doing music my entire life.\u00a0 It was mostly classical music until I was around 18 and I started to get more into pop music and writing.<\/p>\n

Stylus: What\u2019s your latest EP, Indian Summer <\/i>like?<\/strong>
\nLL: I<\/strong> was in a real place of transition when I was writing it. I had been in a previous band that had gone separate ways. I had ended a bad relationship and I was trying to figure out what to do next. I had a lot of pent up stuff to write about. I had the start of a whole bunch of different ideas, kind of diary style. We took it into the studio in fall 2012, and we recorded it with Jesse Smith.\u00a0 We wrote the songs with a piano and a guitar and then we electronified them. The songs in the movie Drive<\/em> with Ryan Gosling inspired us both; that movie was huge inspiration. I worked with Jesse in bringing that sound to life.<\/p>\n

Stylus: You\u2019ve also been doing a lot of 80s covers, tell me more about that\u2026<\/strong>
\nLL:<\/strong> The 80s have been pretty inspiring to my writing and me. “Nothing Compares 2u”<\/a> was the first one, the Prince song made famous by Sinead O\u2019Connor; there\u2019s also “Forever Young.” We did stripped down versions of those songs. We wanted to do a series to showcase a different side of me. \u00a0Next up, I\u2019m working on an electronic mixtape with Wolf Saga. My first collaboration with Wolf Saga was a cover of “Team” by Lorde. It\u2019s a good preview of what\u2019s up with our collaboration and a lot of fun.<\/p>\n

Stylus: Where are you going to touring for Indian Summer?
\n<\/i>LL:<\/strong> The Eastern dates start February 26, and then on March 3rd<\/sup> we\u2019re going to drive out West. It\u2019s going to be a really fun adventure; I\u2019ve never done anything like that before. I\u2019ve had a lot of interactions with people on twitter that saw the Indian Summer Video on M3 and on Much Music. It\u2019s going to be really cool to meet them in real life in an intimate way. I\u2019m opening for Wake Owl; they were actually just nominated for a Juno Award. I\u2019ve never actually met them. I\u2019m really excited because they sound amazing.<\/p>\n

Stylus: Any plans for after touring?<\/strong>
\nLL:<\/strong> I\u2019m writing for the next album. We\u2019re going to try to do a full length. I don\u2019t think I\u2019ll be playing anywhere until later, around Canadian Music Week. It\u2019s mainly going to be writing, getting some new songs put together and going to the studio.<\/p>\n

Lyon will be opening for Wake Owl<\/a> at the West End Cultural Center on March 5th<\/sup>.<\/em><\/p>\n

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