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June 25, 2013 Ellery James Roberts – Kerou’s Lament

kerou's lament

WU LYF were one of our favorite bands of the last couple of years.  With instrumentation not far off from Explosions in the Sky, plus drastic incomprehensible lyrics, a hidden band and screamed anthems, they were hard to match.  Sadly, the group broke up after about a year together, rumor has it due to singer Ellery James Roberts who wasn’t feeling the band anymore.  So the group split ways, the majority going on to form Los Porcos leaving Ellery James Roberts on his own.  Yesterday, he showed up what he can do as a solo artists with his first song, “Kerou’s Lament.”  It features the same desperate anthemic lyrics coming from that same emotion-packed voice, but the music has changed a bit.  While it’s still energetic, the music now features electronic samples galore, giving it a more ethereal sound than his previous stuff.  Either way, it’s solid first effort and we cant’ wait to hear more.  Check out the sorta music video below.

-M. Kauf

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May 23, 2011 Sleigh Bells – Rill Rill

“You are the river flow
And we can never know
We’re just a weatherman
You make the wind blow”

In my film class we discussed how powerful of an impact the editing of raw footage has on the way it eventually will be received. Like DNA, with hundreds of thousands of instructions for different protein synthesis depending on what segments were read and in what order, unedited film can be transformed into a hundred different types of films with various styles, aesthetic and artistic emphasis. In a similar fashion, Sleigh Bell’s “Rill Rill” transforms an upbeat guitar riff from the ever funky track, “Can You Get to That,” by Funkadelic into a noise-pop masterpiece that is sure to get stuck in your head. Through an eclectic mash-up of refreshing female vocals, an upbeat guitar sample, and tasteful use of snaps and synth, this music duo from Brooklyn has created a classic. Check out the track below, as well as the funky fresh track it samples from. – M.Hoff

Sleigh Bells – “Rill Rill”

Funkadelic – “Can You Get To That”

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