Tilly and the Wall - O
Rating
RIYL
Rilo KileyBright Eyes
Camera Obscura
Stars
Tracklist
1. Tall, Tall Grass2. Pot Kettle Black
3. Cacophony
4. I Found You
5. Jumbler
6. Chandelier Lake
7. Dust Me Off
8. Falling Without Knowing
9. Blood Flowers
10. Poor Man’s Ice Cream
11. Too Excited
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Tilly And The Wall’s simplistic, one-dimensional album artwork for O, is in no way an indication of what lies beneath it. On this, their third studio album for Conor Oberst’s Team Love record label, Tilly begin their transformation from enthusiastically cute and glittery indie-folk-pop with the album's opening track “Tall, Tall Grass”, and delve deeply into a world of aggressively buoyant experimentation in the band's first single “Pot Kettle Black”, and everything that follows.
O showcases the band dabbling in other forms of percussion with the use of live drums, differing sorts of cymbals, and group stomping – all of which adds to the band's tap dancing extravaganza that is Jamie Pressnall. With the band now delving into a new world rhythmically, Tilly no longer tip-toe along on a straight line but rather stomp (quite literally) forcefully into a more abrasive territory. Lyrically, the band tackles subjects from magic and nature to sex and astrology as well as everything in between while Kianna Alarid vocals joyfully play over the “harsher” content.
Although Tilly have begun to explore a harder sound musically, the band still remain true to the playful sound that garnered them so much attention and adoration from their youthful fan base over the years. So much so that the band even recorded a special rendition of the well renowned ABC’s song for an upcoming fall episode of Sesame Street. O is neither anything remarkable nor groundbreaking as it at certain points sounds like a lyrically lackluster Stars. However, the end product from Tilly & The Wall’s third full-length effort is a record full of childlike warmth and joviality.
--Daniel Alcinii
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