Blood - Music

North Carolina-Born Cellist And Vocalist Kelsey Lu Recorded Their Debut EP Live At A Church In Brooklyn With A Loop Pedal And It’s One Of The Most Startling And Evocative Pieces Of Music You’ll Hear All Year. Lu Was Raised As A Jehovah’s Witness And Fled Home At 18 To Escape Their Strict Upbringing So Their Choice Of Location The Roman Catholic Church Of The Holy Family Is In A Way A Subverted Act Of Rebellion. A Suite Of Songs That Push And Pummel Gospel Music Into Experimental New Places The Album Opens With ‘Dreams’ – Lu’s Voice As Thick As Molasses As It Slides Up And Down The Scale Quavering And Punctuating The Stillness With Decorative Trills – Glides Through ‘Time’ With Their Falsetto In Tow Before Ending On The Plaintive ‘Visions Of Old’. Their Instruments May Trade Stages On Occasion But Mostly They Are Symbiotic An Extension Of Kelsey Lu An Extension Of Them And Everything They Have Been – And No Doubt Still Want To Become. ACW Source Factmag.Com read less