Callers’ newest album titled, “Life of Love” was a sure favorite after hearing Sara Lucas’ motherly voice. The depth of this album is something special. It carries such variety through all nine tracks while holding true to the band’s easily recognizable sound. The small selection of reviews for the most part ended on a positive note. The skeptics however seemed to have a close minded approach to hating on this widely accepted album.
Pitchfork had a wordy review ultimately yielding a rating of 7.6 for “Life of Love” written by Paul Thompson. This lengthy exploration of the threesome, that is Callers, was just a bit too much. It was difficult to remain interested in the review. Falling in and out of the reading, I gained a small background of the New Orleans band and a sense of “togetherness” heard through the short and sweet sounds of the trio. The review is true and without bias. A reasonable rating mixed with a chatty array of easily agreeable attributes was informative yet hard to read.
Another review by Everything But Urban, a “wholehearted” music blog was a bit more to the point. Jon Zamboni’s review on the callers 2010 album was similar to Thompson’s Pitchfork review in sequence. Leading off with a small introduction of the band and their roots. Zamboni changes directions quickly to assessing the bands chemical makeup. He commanded my attention with his last sentence of the introductory paragraph, which reads, “its nine minimalistic tracks centered around the rich, haunting voice of Sara Lucas.” The description of Lucas’ voice as haunting could not be more true. This album and more directly, Sara Lucas, has haunted me to and from work on repeat for the last two weeks. The review continues describing the album, slowly taking the form of a hard to read, heavy storm coming and going with no trace to follow. “Life of Love” is a complex work of three extremely close artists. Their collective soulful sound is apparent in Zamboni’s review.
The process of taking ones self out of a bias position to view separate reviews on the same work was interesting and completely new. Pitchfork is a source I regularly refer to for reviews and music news. Everything But Urban was a new name, one that will surely be seen in my browser history more often.
Here are links to both reviews
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