press — L CON // Lisa Conway-Bühler

"Conway, who holds both Canadian and Swiss citizenship, has composed music for performance artists, filmmakers and dancers, but it’s her solo work that expresses a vital, singular worldview and establishes her as a compelling artist to watch. Conway will layer seemingly disparate component parts – a violin, sinewy drum programming – highlighting the rhythmic or emotional threads that connect the whole. She also has the vocal chops to carry raw, minimal piano ballads; her work is engrossing, the kind of music that dims all the outside world’s white noise. " - Red Bull Music Academy

On The Isolator:

“a sonically masterful and creatively vibrant art-pop record from something of a contemporary Canadian-music veteran” - Cups n Cakes

“One day, orchestral electronica will similarly explode because of the brilliant minds and leaders like Lisa Conway. As L CON, Conway is Toronto’s equivalent to Agnes Obel and Jenny Hval – artists who are able to perceive music as a mixture of vivid art, virtuous theatre, and captivating sound. Her music, as such, is truly a multi-sensory experience to get lost in, such as “Heimatot”.” - The Revue

“Conway’s arrangements are intricate but never too busy, perfectly framing her intimate vocals, which occasionally call to mind the indie-soul stylings of Leslie Feist but offer a distinct personality and power.” - BOMB Magazine

“It’s hard to describe the melancholy, the regret at a future that hasn’t yet happened, and the nostalgia for a past that never took place without listening to those strings. Do yourself a favour. Go listen.” - Folk Radio UK

On Insecurities in Being :

"L CON (Lisa Conway) has built a reputation as a songwriter and producer who is gleefully unafraid of experimentation, and her latest single finds her in her element." - UPROXX

“L CON is the ideal artist to soundtrack such a dynamic; her songs carry an enchanting ambiguity to their emotional weight, and "There Was A Glow" sets the listener adrift while grounding them in L CON's skillful interpretation of the singer/songwriter mode” - The Fader

"The resulting collection of soul-searching vocals with appropriately moody, symphonic, folk-tinged indie-pop instrumentals lands somewhere between Sóley, Fiona Apple, and My Brightest Diamond." - Tiny Mix Tapes

“Insecurities in Being is full of intricate arrangements and careful playing, a record whose calm surface belies a flood of ideas racing underneath it.” - NOW Magazine

"... an earnest, honest and raw artistic statement ... an album of musical evolution and emotional transitions in equal measure." - Dominionated

“avant-garde pop for wayward souls” - Broken Pencil

“Conway is a compelling and convincing singer, armed with a voice that is both haunting and strong.” - Billboard

On Moon Milk :

"L CON (Lisa Conway) has a habit of being … well, brilliant." - Ride the Tempo

"As L CON, her latest recordings are ethereal, minimalist, experimental, unnerving…and downright elegant" - AUX

"[Conway] conjures such uncompromisingly original and offbeat feminine artistic spirits as Laurie Anderson, Bjork, P.J. Harvey, Beth Gibbons and Roisin Murphy" - Toronto Star

"The Distance Of The Moon" is tranquil, but it’s never just that; it’s also haunting, cosmic, meditative, desolate, and even romantic with the outro’s serenading sax solo. If this is a taste of what L CON’s Bandcamp bio calls "traditional moon music," then it’s going to be real interesting to see what the rest of Moon Milk has to offer." - Indie Shuffle

"If The Distance of the Moon is any indication of the direction of the album, it will be one that, like its source material, creates a world of its own. Whether it be the cold, robotic percussion of the title song which tracks the alien sounds of a spritely clarinet fitted to an earthier saxophone drift while “Without Colours” is a sparser affair dominated by primordial folk vocals from band member Mary Wood (a.k.a. Warbler)." - Tom Beedham, Noisey

"'Form of Space' appears as a folktale delivered from some distant, future colony...The drum machines and sculpted synths locate the transmission's origin to a more advanced star, but its baroque orchestral arrangements and L CON's supple voice tell us it's human — and achingly so." - Chart Attack

"'Form Of Space,' its latest single, delivers intense, burning horns over a sparse drum machine groove, with an extradimensional sequenced bass bursting in and out of the track. Astonishing stuff." - Silent Shout

"Her music blends orchestral intensity, honeyed tones, and liquid dance beats to create a nebulous swirl of sound." - The Imposter

"...majestic and mind-altering in its delivery and breathtaking, intoxicating, and dreamy in its effect. “Form Of Space” is not just a trip; it is a visceral experience to behold." - The Revue

“a gorgeous minimalist ballad with futuristic instrumentation that you could expect to hear on an alternate planet" - Indie 88

"A wonderfully spacey record full of synths and psychedelia that stays anchored with some decidedly earthy musical tones" - CBC Music

On The Ballads Reimagined :

"However you dub it stylistically, the results are enchanting. Conway is a major talent." - Kerry Doole, New Canadian Music

"Toronto musician Lisa Conway has been a staple in the Toronto folk scene for years, steadily building a reputation as a singular and mystical voice. In the spirit of the electronic bedroom pop of Nite Jewel's debut while still rooted deep in Ontario folk, L CON's new single is full of risk wrangled by talent, and personal trials as old as the video's sheared canyons." - Chart Attack

On The Ballad Project :

“Conway’s debut solo EP as L CON, The Ballad Project, only lays further bare her talents as a tormented David Lynch dream of a nightclub siren pitched somewhere between the Peggy Lee who gave us “Is That All There Is?” and Portishead’s Beth Gibbons, while also announcing the classically trained songstress as a gifted arranger capable of a wrangling a 14-piece string section into appropriately John Barry-esque shape behind her. Artfully spooky orchestral-pop sadness with a poise and classy veneer that feels beamed in from the black-and-white era. I am a huge fan of this gal.” - Ben Rayner, Toronto Star