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MH-262 Clue To Kalo - Lily Perdida  Satisfyingly schizophrenic, Clue To Kalo’s third full-length release Lily Perdida is ten voices in one, all of them a different branch off the same electric folk tree. Amidst jangly guitar, mod ribbons of flute, and the voices of mastermind Mark Mitchell and duet partner Ellen Carey, ten musical perspectives on fictional character Lily Perdida emerge, each song from the point of view of a different person in her life. A post-modern frolic of keyboards, harpsichords and laptops, Lily Perdida is a gorgeous and sonically sprawling commentary on the nature of history and identity. Each succeeding track reinterprets, misreads or conflicts with the accounts that came before to collectively create an anti-portrait of the main character. The music ebbs and flows with the changing characters but never strays from the utterly satisfying sound we have come to expect from Clue To Kalo. |
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| Reviews Summary |
| Not only big, but huge, humungeous, widescreen, a 70mm assault on all your senses... stunningly beautiful - Lodown / Fans of psychadelic pop-electronica can rejoice - Everything At Once / As impressive as it is warm and charming - Pop Matters / Fun and heartbreaking all at once - Exclaim! |
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| Adelaide outfit Clue to Kalo have been kicking around for a number of years, although they haven't made much of an impact on the Aussie musical landscape. Instead, they've been focusing most of their energy on the overseas market, particularly the US, where they've toured a handful of times, including this year with lo-res popsters Casiotone for the Painfully Alone. The main man - and progenitor of the sounds - of Clue to Kalo, Mark Mitchell, records all of his group’s music on computer and then takes it to the rest of the members so they can embellish it in a live setting. It's amazing the sumptuous sounds that a record like the latest (and third) Clue to Kalo one, Lily Perdida, has despite it being recorded on a cold and clinical Mac. That's indicative of Mitchell's innate pop sense. A concept album of sorts, the whole disc is based upon this character Lily Perdida who we never hear from on record, but instead we hear songs from people that know her. So by the end, we've got a picture of who Lily is through those that know her best. This song, "User To A Carrier," is sung in the voice of Lily's sister… if you didn’t guess that one already. - Who The Bloody Hell Are They? |
