Larry Karpenko - Heart Calls Love

​Larry Karpenko

Heart Calls Love
self-released; 2025

By Jamie Funk
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It wasn’t long ago that Larry Karpenko caught our attention with “Little Things New,” a track that felt like watching light dance across a quiet morning. Now he returns with “Heart Calls Love,” a song that trades introspection for a more buoyant, skyward gaze.

Built on an airy beat and soft-focus melody, “Heart Calls Love” drifts into view like a breeze through open windows. Karpenko’s vocals are sparing but purposeful, phrases like “waiting for you” and “looking for you” functioning less as narrative and more as emotional pulses. The track swells at the hook, where a sense of hope and forward motion takes root.

By the end, layers accumulate—an arpeggiated synth, vocal harmonies—and what began as a gentle flirtation with mood transforms into something closer to elation. There’s even a passing resemblance to the warm circuitry of Jon Hopkins, though Karpenko’s tone leans more toward wide-eyed than cerebral.

At its core, “Heart Calls Love” feels like the musical equivalent of catching feelings: unsure, dreamy, and quietly euphoric. Karpenko taps into something tender and light, and the result is a track that’s both easy to relate to and hard to shake. It’s a delicate balancing act between restraint and release, and Karpenko pulls it off with quiet confidence.

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