Wherever this music takes you, it’s a place you both need and want to be.ĭownload “Logic” below, available exclusively to Steal This Track. Land Lines released a new album last weekend called “The Natural World.” It may be a stretch, but the album title, combined with the band’s name, seems to be a reference to the rhythm of the natural world in contrast to the pulse of the modern world “Koyaanisqatsi” gets at. Land Lines has heart and a very real powerful emotive quality. And whereas most of the time this would mean the music had a certain coldness, it doesn’t here. The rhythm permeates through everything, including the vocals. The result is a depiction of the rhythm of modern life in contrast to our natural origins. It’s a collage of modern industrial footage - cars in traffic, buildings being erected - and the natural world.
This may help: Have you ever seen the 1982 film “Koyaanisqatsi”? This is a movie without a narrative. In other words, the experience is too new to have enough distance to see it for what it really is. It’s as if its a place we’ve never been, an emotion we’re still experiencing. So, where does the result transport the listener? That’s hard to say.
The one thing noticeable is the cello becomes less of stand-out instrument and more of a contributor. The two singers and cellists melded together so easily, so naturally, however, that the sound carries on in her absence. Losing Anna must have been a heartbreak for the band, and a challenge for Grbac. In the past, Land Lines, as with Matson Jones, included two cellists and two vocalists, with the addition of Anna Mascorella. Grbac’s vocals and cello complete the journey. He contributes subtly and powerfully to a distinct, original sound developed over a decade ago in Fort Collins as Matson Jones, which included Harada and vocalist/cellist Martina Grbac. Han is the most recent addition to Land Lines line-up, and it’s hard to imagine the music without him. Listeners have the impulse to tap or nod, but this is not dance music any more than a heart monitor is a DJ.įrom this base, electric pianist and organist James Han adds layers of additional rhythm and ethereal melodies that further transfix. Drummer Ross Harada plays a sparse kit with a mathematic precision that immediately sinks deeply. Land Lines music has a certain hypnotic quality that begins with the rhythm. Continued abuse of our services will cause your IP address to be blocked indefinitely.Digital Replica Edition Home Page Close Menu Please fill out the CAPTCHA below and then click the button to indicate that you agree to these terms. If you wish to be unblocked, you must agree that you will take immediate steps to rectify this issue. If you do not understand what is causing this behavior, please contact us here. If you promise to stop (by clicking the Agree button below), we'll unblock your connection for now, but we will immediately re-block it if we detect additional bad behavior.