Lilydale Road
The Beckoning
© Copyright-The Beckoning
(707541772228)
Record Label: The Firm Records
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Gentle murmurs move to mournful confessions freely through an ethereal realm of ghosts and heartache. A voice, captivatingly broken, unveiled through its honesty, ransoms the silence for a moment of ecstasy, while it releases the starving prisoners of a crippled heart.
Lilydale Road, the debut album from The Beckoning, follows a young man through a sparsely produced tapestry of honesty and raw emotion, drawn from tales of youthfulness, obsession, lost love, and the journey home. Recorded in the shadows of the old hotel, in random bathrooms, stairwells and apartments, Jared (singer/songwriter for The Beckoning) has taken his acoustic beginnings and turned them into a hypnotic collage of enchanting melodies, eerie harmonies, and wistfully poignant lyrics that create more than a truly original album, but a story that will surely enamor as it unfolds.
Musically, The Beckonings' captivating combination of instrumentals and vocals is as unrivaled as it is uncommon. Lilydale Road smoothly weaves classic guitar, piano, and cello instrumentals with unusual electronic textures and musical appearances by flugelhorns, Velcro, and plastic bags. The resulting album offers listeners a mesmerizing and dramatic glimpse into the sometimes depressing but always powerful world of heartbreak and lost innocence. We have all known these feelings, but few have been able to express them so beautifully and, above all, so honestly.
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I took a chance
author: Bonnie
when things are priced right it's hard to say no...i wasn't expecting much when i bought this cd but found it to be pretty damn good...very raw..but pretty damn good. there are some stand out tracks but for the most part you can listen to it all the way through without having to click to the next track...take a chance. i think this album was worth it.
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great disc
author: Robert Shell
I bought this disc because i liked "Make You Me" so much when I reviewed it on GarageBand. The rest of the disc is great, although a little chaotic. I was really hoping there would be lyrics in the liner notes, but there weren't. I will just have to guess what I can't make out I suppose.
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Something different
author: Kyle Stevens
This album rocked my face off! I haven't heard anything like what these guys have to offer. My favorite song is "Make You Me", crazy recording. It's all so invasive, and intimate.
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love it
author: Gillian Semmer
I really enjoyed all the songs- Jared's soothing voice is relaxing, the lyrics are intense and thoughtful, and the background instruments only enhance the overall quality of the songs. Well done.
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