“Lacy Dooms is about capturing the contradictions of being human,” explains Dani Sniffen. “Fragile but fierce, soft but chaotic. Our sound blends the honesty of emo with the energy of pop punk and the atmosphere of alternative rock. At its core, it’s music for anyone who’s ever felt too much and needed somewhere to put it. We want our songs to feel like the release you didn’t know you were waiting for.”
The self-titled EP is a 6-song journey that connects the highs and lows of life: from refusing to let someone who betrayed you back into your life in ‘Save Your Tears,’ to being told you’re worthless in a relationship in ‘Lost Cause.’ ‘Nothing to Lose’ features a reckless freedom, while ‘ADHD’ explores a mind turned into chaos after losing a friend in a horrific accident. Sniffen was able to channel different moments in life and turn it into something creative and catchy all at the same time.
“I didn’t set out with a concept, but looking back, the songs fit together naturally as a story of betrayal, survival, chaos and letting go.”
Formed about a year ago after Sniffen and guitarist Joey Lins moved to Charlotte, North Carolina to Washington D.C., the band has been putting in the hard work and building themselves up piece by piece. Between meeting and inducting their new bandmates Pablo Esaá (Drums), Austin Mullins (Bass), and John Maddrey (Lead Guitar), and putting together this EP, it was a lot of time and effort that really captures the journey both personally and as artists.
“We engineered this EP in house, and by that, we mean in a two-bedroom apartment,” admits Lins. “The most defining part of creating this EP was that we proved we could create this within our own means. Justin Meyer (New York Drum Studio) absolutely killed it with mixing this EP, a well as John Naclerio (NADA Recording Studio) with the final masters.”
With the release about a week behind us, it’s hard to imagine where they could be without the hard work and dedication it took not only with this EP, but as independent artists in general. The world is a fickle place, especially without a strong backing, but that did not and will not stop Lacy Dooms from making a serious run in the scene.
“We’ve learned that we can take some of the hardest parts of our lives and turn them into something meaningful,” reflects Sniffen. “Writing and recording these songs showed us that chaos, the grief, the doubt we’ve been through can actually become fuel for connection. What we’re most proud of is the raw honesty in these songs and how people are finding their own stories in them.”
