Lull – That Space Somewhere (Album – Cold Spring Records)
Genre/Influences: Soundscape, Experimental, Cinematic.
Format: Digital, CD.
Background/Info: Mick Harris (ex-Napalm Death, scorn ao) set up Lull in 1990. He didn’t release new Lull stuff for a while but the lockdown brought him back to his love for Soundscapes creating this new work featuring four cuts.
Content: The Soundscape format is obviously noticeable from the very first seconds of the work. Dark, buzzing, sound corridors create an obscure sensation which is accentuated by a few, extra, noises.
+ + + : Both debut cuts are absolute freaky and definitely what you might expect from this kind of music. It’s a sonic metaphor to quicksand; it all happens progressively, getting you deeper away into a dark underground. The ominous atmosphere accentuates the state of fear and that’s precisely what lovers of this music genre expect.
– – – : Both last songs are more predictable and without a true climax.
Conclusion: The positive side to Covid-19 is that several artists -like Mick Harris, went back to somewhat forgotten projects.
Best songs: “Range”, “Expanse”.
Rate: 7½.
Label: www.coldspring.co.uk / www.facebook.com/coldspringhq
About Lull
Lull is the dark ambient project of English musician Mick Harris, formed in 1990 after Harris acquired a sampler, a reverb pedal, and a 4-track recorder following his departure from grindcore band Napalm Death. Harris has also recorded as Scorn and Fret.
Lull’s previous album, “Like a Slow River”, was released in 2008. Side-Line announced the follow-up, “That Space Somewhere”, in November 2022, with Cold Spring releasing the 4-track album on December 2, 2022, reviewed above.
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