Setting the tone with luscious and enigmatic guitars, Lipford opens Back to You with intrigue and the situational lyrics, “It’s a place, that we loved, that we built, on our own…”
Back to You expands into an acoustic, contemporary pop experience, as Lipford delivers a meaningful opus about “the first experiences of confrontation with the opposite sex.”
In this self-described tale of “he innocence of boyish love”, we appreciate the poetic nuance and charismatic delivery from our protagonist as he frames his story within a rural context, touching upon themes of the human condition and specifically, “A young boy and a young girl living a summer story, building a tree house in the wood, spending their days together and becoming more and more intimate by discovering love.”
We learn that Lipford wanted to imagine these children who meet years later and, bound by those distant emotions, still feel something deeper.
Lipford cites Chris Cornell, Jeff Buckley, Red Hot Chili Peppers and Tears For Fears as some of his influences, which we can feel come through in his sound, although it is clear that he is creating a universe of his own.
Born in Rome in 1985, Lipford has played in the Alternative Rock band MANTRAM for 17 years as a guitarist and composer. The dissolution of the band, which took place in January 2019, determined his solo artistic birth. With his solo project, Lipford confesses that he wants to take new musical paths and open a new chapter in his life. The goal is to communicate the emotions that everyday life presents us or simply makes us rediscover.
We appreciate the depth and authenticity that Lipford shares with his artistry, and have added Back to You to our New Music Spotlight playlist, whilst we stream his wider discography including Run Away and Learn.