![]() LaPointe has known Cole since childhood, and the two started performing together as a musical duo, The Luck, in 2011. Since the release of If I Fall at the end of last year, LaPointe and bandmates Anna Cole (drums and vocals) and Aaron France (guitar) have been touring up and down the Central Coast promoting their inaugural album. “Each song expresses an emotion or a situation in a humorous, heartfelt way that is very personal yet, I hope, universal,” LaPointe said. “I look to old-school country storytelling like that of Willie Nelson and Patsy Cline but also tongue-in-cheek tales of more contemporary artists like Lily Allen or Ben Folds.”Ĭontrary to the aforementioned dream aesthetic, the songs of If I fall, all written and composed by LaPointe, can be brutally frank when depicting more down-to-earth stories of love, loss, and family. “As a songwriter, I’m mainly interested in stories,” lead vocalist, bassist, and principal songwriter Angelina LaPointe told the Sun. ![]() in Orcutt.Įven if the top does stop spinning, though, there’s still an inherent, archetypal dreamlike quality to the songs found on the band’s debut album, If I Fall, which is laced with references to folklore, tall tales, a few comedy podcasts, and other mythologies. ![]() THE AMERICANA DREAM: Angie and the Nightmares, featuring Angelina LaPointe (center), Anna Cole (left), and Aaron France (right), perform on Feb.
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