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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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| MK: Unlike Coco Rosie's crookedness and Psapp's playful vibe, this new album by Clue To Kalo doesn't seem to get annoying with weird rap or kiddie overloads, instead it's an epic story told from various points of view, the male and female voices forming one great harmonious entity, while the sad piano sounds like "Lily Perdida" has long passed away. Not sure if that helps you to get a clue, but this is awesome stuff to listen to while fighting with a healthy dose of autumn rain and crushing some dead leaves with your bike. Seven: Mark Mitchell's back with a bang. His latest conceptual offer turns out to be not only big, but huge, humungeous, widescreen, a 70mm assault on all your senses. All megalomania aside, you could also describe it simply as stunningly beautiful. - Lodown |
