- Release Info -------------------------------------------------------------- -
ARTiST... Kid, You'll Move Mountains
ALBUM.... Loomings
LABEL.... n/a
CAT.NUM.. n/a
GENRE.... Rock
RiP.DATE. Mar-14-2009
SOURCE... CDDA
PLAYTIME. 37:35 min
SIZE..... 56,8 MB
ENCODER.. LAME v3.97 -V2 --vbr-new
TRACKS... 09
QUALiTY.. VBRkbps / 44.1kHz / Joint-Stereo
- Track List ---------------------------------------------------------------- -
[01] inside voice [04:26]
[02] volts [05:07]
[03] make it sing [03:01]
[04] i'm a song from the sixties [03:55]
[05] west [03:54]
[06] new blood [03:18]
[07] wives' tale [03:39]
[08] an open letter to wherever you're from [04:14]
[09] no applause [06:01]
- Release Notes ------------------------------------------------------------- -
Amid the much publicized downfall of Lookout! Records, indie-poppers Troubled
Hubble took a cue from their then label and officially ended their traveling
party in 2005, leaving brothers Nate and Andrew Lanthrum without an ensemble
for their energetic rhythm section.
Retreating home to their practice space in the rural Illinois suburbs, the
siblings recruited fellow Midwest musicians û guitarist Corey Wills, of
ChicagoÆs Inspector Owl; guitarist/vocalist Jim Hanke, of MilwaukeeÆs El Oso;
and classically trained pianist/vocalist Nina Lanthrum û and the Kid, YouÆll
Move Mountains quintet embarked on a two-year writing process en route to
Loomings.
Combining each musicianÆs unique background, Kid, YouÆll Move Mountains draws
heavily upon Nate LanthrumÆs shotgun drumming, while also incorporating WillsÆ
ambient, effects-laden guitars and Andrew LanthrumÆs jitterbug bass lines. Yet
much of the bandÆs haunting songs rest on the vocal interplay of Hanke and Nina
Lanthrum.
The alternating singers sashay through dark tales of love and loss, avoiding
the temptation of call-and-response verses that would have left Hanke singing
the salty to his female counterpartÆs sweet. Instead, the vocalists share the
emotional burdens, each voicing stories of looming autumn days that turn to the
dead of winter, before each also sings of the hopefulness of spring.
Produced by ex-Troubled Hubble guitarist Josh Miller, Loomings is a pop-savvy,
theatric recording that packages the hardships of AmericaÆs Rust Belt with the
promise of a revitalized tomorrow.
It is a record that is as dense as it is direct, with massive crescendos that
bleed into eerily sparse moments at a beatÆs notice (ôInside Voiceö). It is a
record void of guitar solos that still induces air-guitar playing (ôNew
Bloodö). ItÆs an unpredictable album of multi-part songs that lack traditional
structures, but remains undeniably catchy (ôAn Open Letter to Wherever YouÆre
Fromö). ItÆs a nine-song collection with intriguing vocal arrangements
(ôVoltsö) and equally as experimental musicianship (ôIÆm A Song From The
Sixtiesö).
But most importantly, it is a record that sounds fully appreciative of HankeÆs
lyric, ôWeÆve only got lips and decisions to makeö from the albumÆs midway
point, ôWest.ö ItÆs this cautious optimism of lifeÆs everyday choices û
awareness for the consequences of even the most trivial action û that runs
through Loomings.
Fitting for a record full of second chances, made by musicians reveling in the
idea of getting another go-round themselves.
- Derek Wright
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