Lily Perdida
Studio album by
Clue to Kalo
Released20 January 2009 (2009-01-20)
Length40:57
LabelMush Records
Clue to Kalo chronology
One Way, It's Every Way
(2005)		 Lily Perdida
(2009)

Lily Perdida is the third studio album by Clue to Kalo. It was released through Mush Records on 20 January 2009.[1] The album tells the story of the title character from the perspective of those around her.[2]

Production

Clue to Kalo's Mark Mitchell says of the album's concept:

I wanted to make a folk record which was about one particular person based on what everyone else was saying about them. I read a lot of old traditional song lyrics and absorbed the language that was used. A lot of key words came up in these songs, so I wanted to have echoes of that language, but take it out of its context and use it in a modern story.[3]

Critical reception

Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
SourceRating
Metacritic72/100[4]
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[2]
Cokemachineglow55%[5]
Exclaim!favorable[6]
No Ripcord8/10[7]
PopMatters[8]
Spectrum Culture1.5/5[9]
XLR8Rmixed[10]

At Metacritic, which assigns a weighted average score out of 100 to reviews from mainstream critics, the album received an average score of 72, based on 4 reviews, indicating "generally favorable reviews".[4]

Alan Ranta of PopMatters gave the album 7 stars out of 10, stating, "It is [Mark] Mitchell's most organic fusion yet, dripping with indie psychedelia through delicate melodies of acoustic guitar, harpsichord, flute, and anything under the stairs he could squeeze through his soundcard."[8] He added, "It's as impressive as it is warm and charming."[8] Ian Gormely of Exclaim! commented that "this cycle of heavy-hearted pop tunes is spiritually reminiscent of '60s concept records like Pet Sounds and Odyssey and Oracle — fun and heartbreaking all at once."[6] Dominic Umile of XLR8R wrote, "This is a dense, challenging ride, where the search for the big hooks is sometimes derailed by an onslaught of smaller ones."[10]

Track listing

No.TitleLength
1."Lull for Dear Life" (By the Parents)4:20
2."User to a Carrier" (By the Sister)3:57
3."Hail to the Full Release" (By the Boy)3:35
4."It's Here the Story's Straight" (By the Peers)3:30
5."Mine Disaster After Theirs" (By the Brother)4:21
6."The Infinite Orphan" (By the Familiars)3:34
7."Of Him on Her Heels" (By the Narrator)4:47
8."What Went Down Around" (By the Eavesdropper)2:22
9."Which Notice to Your Next of Kin?" (By the Confidante)5:37
10."All's Made Meaning" (By the Chorus)4:54
Total length:40:57

Personnel

Credits adapted from liner notes.

  • Mark Mitchell – music
  • Ellen Carey – additional music
  • Curtis Leaver – additional music
  • Vic Conrad – additional music
  • Cornel Wilczek – additional music
  • Martin Butler – additional music
  • Emilie Flierl – additional music
  • Alan Beverley – additional music

References

  1. ↑ "MH-262 Clue To Kalo - Lily Perdida". Mush Records. Archived from the original on 20 July 2011. Retrieved 19 October 2022.
  2. 1 2 Phares, Heather. "Clue to Kalo - Lily Perdida". AllMusic. Archived from the original on 12 June 2016. Retrieved 19 October 2022.
  3. ↑ Townsend, Rob (8 October 2008). "Clue To Kalo interview". Bobby Six. Archived from the original on 28 December 2008. Retrieved 19 October 2022.
  4. 1 2 "Lily Perdida by Clue to Kalo". Metacritic. Archived from the original on 19 October 2022. Retrieved 19 October 2022.
  5. ↑ McGowan, Colin (26 January 2009). "Clue To Kalo: Lily Perdida". Cokemachineglow. Archived from the original on 24 May 2010. Retrieved 19 October 2022.
  6. 1 2 Gormely, Ian (5 March 2009). "Clue to Kalo Lily Perdida". Exclaim!. Archived from the original on 20 October 2021. Retrieved 19 October 2022.
  7. ↑ Stewart, Andy (5 March 2009). "Clue to Kalo - Lily Perdida". No Ripcord. Archived from the original on 15 June 2009. Retrieved 19 October 2022.
  8. 1 2 3 Ranta, Alan (8 January 2009). "Clue To Kalo: Lily Perdida". PopMatters. Archived from the original on 20 June 2017. Retrieved 19 October 2022.
  9. ↑ Middleman, Chris (4 February 2009). "Clue to Kalo: Lily Perdida". Spectrum Culture. Archived from the original on 19 October 2022. Retrieved 19 October 2022.
  10. 1 2 Umile, Dominic (21 January 2009). "Clue to Kalo Lily Perdida". XLR8R. Archived from the original on 28 September 2020. Retrieved 19 October 2022.
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