THE LUCK OF EDEN HALL
Alligators Eat Gumdrops
What strikes
me about this, the fourth LP from The Luck Of Eden Hall, is how English much of it
sounds, despite the band’s roots in deepest Michigan.
Admittedly,
the title track combines garage band riffing and self-consciously trippy lyrics
into its brief lifespan, and Bangalore mixes up heavy ’70s drums and guitars
with spidery sitar embellishments, (“Batgirl does Bollywood” is how the band themselves
describe it). 'Ten Meters Over The Ground' though, has a catchy, sax-driven
Bowie/Mott style chorus, and 'Amoreena Had Enough Yesterday', with its swathes of
cosseting Mellotron, evokes nostalgic reveries of a fabled Englishness that
possibly never even existed.
The band
have a winning way with a melody: 'A Carney’s Delerium' layers guitars and
mellotron in a lovely, evocative soundscape; and 'Summertime Girl' is a pleasingly warm and fuzzy mix of
acoustic guitars and organ which generates enough warmth to ease the winter
chills outside.
Neil Hussey
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