Emily Lazar is not a crier.
IIIto the enigmatic pop-rock ofEveryday Life.
“I usually have visceral responses when I’m listening to things that I find really inspiring.”
Emily Lazar is the first mastering engineer in history to helm three titles up for an Album of the Year Grammy in the same year.Credit: Matt Licari
That needs to be heard loud and clear."
There are direct parallels between Lazar’s advocacy work outside of the studio and her projects.
“I think Haim’s album definitely is speaking to those issues,” she says.
Do you want it to be fudge twirl?
With that in mind, she knows exactly which ones she’d assign to the three AOTY contenders.
It would have to have something crunchy, something gooey.
One bite doesn’t always taste like the next bite."
“That album is golden caramel.
Meanwhile, Coldplay’sEveryday Lifewould be like going to a fancy restaurant.
It’s more like, ‘Hey, what are you guys trying to say here?
How can I help serve the song, or the collection of songs?
What are we doing?
At the end of the day, what’s the big picture?'”
