Bec Lauder and The Noise
The Vessel
(Killphonic)
3.5/5
Bec Lauder and The Noise is a three-piece rock-grrl group who started their music journey in East Village, Manhattan, and convey their city upbringings in their music. The band—consisting of Lauder, Soph Shreds and Maggie Bishop—released an EP, Before Everything Changes, in 2023 and have now dropped their debut full-length, The Vessel.
The band’s groovy rhythm really shines through on tracks like “Give It.” While the playing in this song is impressive, I found the lyrics severely lacking. Repetition can be done in a way that makes you want to sing along, but here it came across as a careless choice.
“Nobody Cares” hits suddenly, with the weight of a train, with groovy instrumentation and passionate vocals. With its energizing beat, you can’t help but get up and dance, although the chorus does fall flat.
But the passion returns on tracks like “Tease Me.” The band says this album is a love letter to the youth of the world, and that truly shines through in the lyrics of “Tease Me.” Finding yourself in a maze of city lights was my main takeaway, and as a youth myself this couldn’t be more relatable. Your early 20s are when you finally start discovering who you are and placing yourself in a concrete identity, but a concrete jungle can inhibit that. Unfortunately, however, the repetition is again an issue in this track, and I found it distracted from the depth.
Still, this band have a lot of potential in the rock scene. They have a similar vibe to The Beaches, who have been increasingly successful.
Bec Lauder and The Noise’s music is inviting while still having an edge. You can tell they are truly passionate about all they do, and that the music they create extends farther than themselves.