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MH-276 A Lull - Confetti  Confetti, the life-affirming debut from Chicago’s quintet, A Lull, grabs your attention from its first explosion and deconstructs you further with each subsequent, colorized blast. The band has spent glorious ages supplementing layers of guitars, bass, electronics and vocals by banging on drums (as well as recording rustling bags of trash, throwing bottles against walls and pounding away at anything in sight), eventually coming to the cacophonous percussion and everything else wall of sound that makes Confetti's sound unmistakable. The fervor of these endlessly layered, volatile songs is cooled by the voice and lyrics of Nigel Evan Dennis, who covers the grandiosity of each track with his emotionally entangled lyrics. Though the aural tone of Confetti is one of almost overwhelming joy, a sense of longing and regret is palpable between the lines. It’s as if every song is being sung to the face of a loved one at their breaking point. Though their sound is unmistakably their own, the concise romanticism harnessed by A Lull can at times conjure the songwriting ethos of Bon Iver, the instrumental indulgence of Sufjan Stevens or the garishly sensual emotional lift of Explosions In The Sky. Confetti's sense of hope and musical perfection captivates. |
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| Reviews Summary |
| A Lull is like the current crop of Blitzen Trappers and Fleet Foxes all playing at once. - The Village Voice / A Lull stand eerily and mightily apart from their contemporaries. - MP3 Hugger / Think about every time you’ve wanted to immerse yourself in the sheer energy and force of an album, now take a look at Confetti and give yourself an experience. - The Line Of Best Fit |
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| No group can call itself something like A Lull and keep an entirely straight face. You’d expect the name to be deceptive and you’d be right. “Confetti”, the name of their debut album released last week, does a much better job of capturing what this Chicago quintet is all about: these guys write colourful tracks, thick with percussion and bristling with energy. “Weapons for War”, the album opener, is a stunner. It opens with percussive vocals reminiscent of Sigur Ros‘ “Gobbledigook” [if you don't remember the song you might remember the nude video], both rhythmically and, uh, “lyrically”. Anticipation is always building, though, because even as you admire those vocals you can see a wall of sound coming on your SoundCloud stream [don't you just love being able to see music on SoundCloud?]. Fortunately, these guys don’t just deliver unending textured noise. Their vocals are adaptable, acting effectively as rhythmic instrumentation one minute and morphing into smooth, floating harmonies [think Flaming Lips] the next. Despite the obvious effort that’s gone into their layered sound, A Lull sound like free spirits: on “Some Love” the band asks us to come outside and “bang on the drums, bang on the floor” and on “Phem” invites us to “play games with our bodies in a good way.” You’ll want to join them. - Listen Before You Buy |
1XLP/Out Of Print