LESS – Instead Of Making Love (Say Hello)
“Instead of Making Love (Say Hello)” is the latest release by LESS, an outstanding Italian singer-songwriter based in Florence. It’s her third single in 2025 and a third piece of work in total, arriving after “I NEED ALL YOUR LOVE” and “UP AND DOWN,” two excellent standalone singles released earlier this year that you should also need to check out as soon as possible. Although her latest composition serves as an appropriate continuation of the previous works, “Instead of Making Love (Say Hello)” arrives with many innovations in songwriting, composition, arranging, and production, showcasing all the brilliance of an already incredible artist. Through her latest composition, LESS channels various sentiments, moods, situations, and circumstances, making “Instead of Making Love (Say Hello)” a highly relatable song that will immediately resonate with the broader audience. Sonically, this clever singer-songwriter blends in various approaches, directions, techniques, and styles to depict a lush sonic imagery. You’ll hear how early 2000s alternative shines here, as all those fundamental elements of this genre lurk in the mix, but you’ll undoubtedly stumble upon some of the finest properties borrowed from indie rock, indie pop, and alt-pop, roaring in the mix and giving this track that addictive, hypnotic, irresistible feel. LESS uses all these additional sonic ingredients as more than necessary enhancements, accentuations, decorations, and other details to uplift her music to new heights, while simultaneously remaining loyal to the primary sonic direction. Although her music shines with the early 2000s sound, you’ll also notice qualities that meet all the trends in modern music production, making “Instead of Making Love (Say Hello)” suitable not only for alternative rock fans but anyone who appreciates catchy, memorable, engaging music performed straight from the heart.
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From the onset, it becomes apparent that LESS poured heart and soul into this track. “Instead of Making Love (Say Hello)” arrives with a perfect structure, garnered with many profoundly detailed segments, brilliant ideas, and marvelous orchestrations. Each vocal, sonic, and rhythmic maneuver has its place and purpose here, making this song worth spinning over and over again. As soon as you press play, you’ll notice LESS’s soulful, passionate, sincere, emotive, and powerful vocal performance, elevating everything to new heights, commanding attention, and guiding listeners on an epic journey through an expansive sonic universe. Her impressive vocal range seamlessly balances low, mid, and high notes with such precision and finesse, elevating the entire composition to new heights. Besides decorating all those segments and instrumentations, her vocal performance contributes more than necessary emotional depth and complexity over an already intricate song structure. With these vocal harmonies, she infuses a subtle touch of soul and blues into her music, making “Instead of Making Love (Say Hello)” a nostalgic piece that evokes mid-nineties to early-noughties sound as much as possible. In the meantime, the outstanding guitar performance shapes a perfect backdrop for all the vocals to shine upon. You’ll hear all those interplays between rhythm and lead lurking around and crafting a soundscape that also brings a touch of blues and soul rock, yet dominantly leans towards alternative, indie, and nineties rock sound. On one side, you’ll hear all those accentuating leads, themes, melodies, harmonies, and all other sonic maneuvers, while the other provides calm, soothing, relaxing chord progressions or tastefully distorted riffs. LESS also implemented a healthy dosage of studio reverb over these instrumentations for more ambiance and depth. It’s such a nice detail that perfectly pairs with her voice. She also incorporated all those subtle synth leads, melodies, chords, and pads for some extra detail. It’s nearly mindblowing how all those layers articulate in the mix without overwhelming each other. Of course, this track wouldn’t be complete without an equally impressive rhythm section. You’ll hear how all those intricate, warm-sounding, vividly hearable basslines rumble beneath the guitars and synths, offering more than necessary heaviness, clarity, and depth while acting like a binding element between the mentioned instrumentations and rhythmic patterns. The exceptional drumming performance based upon tastefully arranged, flawlessly performed, well-accentuated beats, breaks, fills, and other percussive acrobatics keep everything in line while dictating groove and pace. As you can see, LESS thought about everything while writing, composing, arranging, and producing her latest piece of sonic art.
“Instead of Making Love (Say Hello)” is an alternative pop-rock masterpiece, bringing only the finest properties of retro and modern music together. This marvelous composition not only demonstrates LESS’s tremendous songwriting and composing abilities, but it also sums up her experience, knowledge, creativity, ideas, and musicianship. From a soulful vocal performance, catchy guitar works, and lush synths to intricate low-ends and excellent drumming, “Instead of Making Love (Say Hello)” carries everything you ever needed from an alternative rock song. Therefore, you should immediately place this track on your radar, because LESS deserves your utmost attention. Head to your favorite streaming platform and check it out!
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