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2. Mammals
3. Some Love
4. Dark Stuff
5. White Girl
6. Phem
7. Pregnancy
8. Sidemen
9. Water & Beasts
10. Spread It All Around
11. Aytche
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.
2. Weapons For War (Spirituals Remix)
3. Weapons For War (Houses Remix)
4. Weapons For War (Melting Season Remix)
"Weapons For War" the lead single from A Lull's debut full-length Confetti, harnesses a force of nature driven with the percussive and melodic energy of Chicago and channels it into a four-and-a-half minute wind storm. The original is complimented by three virtuoso remixes. First up is Portland's Spirituals, whose recent remix for Caribou Pitchfork called "dizzying" and who's work here is no less impressive. Fellow Chicago resident Houses masters that difficult line between the human and the machine, wrapping up a frenetic remix with a three-plus minute long ambient outro. Finally, Mush's own Melting Season fits right in, as a drummer by trade turned one-man multi-armed production mastermind. If you've not already seen it (you should hunt it down right now), the music video for "Weapons For War" directed by Anthony Ciannamea, is the glue that unifies the single's thesis: a haunting encounter between two accidents of evolution that ends in either a fragile truce or the most romantic suicide pact ever, all to the sacrilegiously sensual hymn of A Lull's composition.
2. Spread It All Around (Single Version)
The single available in digital and vinyl formats. Includes "Weapons For War" and "Spread It All Around". Limited Edition includes silkscreened jacket and photo insert. Also includes a limited edition sticker. Includes free download coupon.
2. Spread It All Around (Single Version)
The single available in digital and vinyl formats. Includes "Weapons For War" and "Spread It All Around". Now shipping. Includes free download coupon.
2. White/Gold
3. Little Echoes
4. Our Age
This is A Lull's first release on Lujo Records. "Ice Cream Bones" features all new mixes of the songs, consulted by TJ Lipple of Aloha. The CD version of Ice Cream Bones is combination of the previously self-released, three-track single, "Skinny Fingers/Little Echoes" and one extra song, "White/Gold." The physical version of "Ice Cream Bones" is available via the Lujo Records store and at A Lull's performances.