Luvskull is People
From Earth's 15 song follow-up to 1995's Growing Up From
The Ground. The theme and feel of Luvskull differs
from their previous release. Growing Up dealt with
youth, isolation and individuality. Luvskull is about
relationships. Despite this, Luvskull is remarkably
lonely and humble. It conveys the hunger, anticipation,
playfulness,
sensuality, vulnerability, insecurity, and depression
wrought by love (or lack of it). Each song presents
an aspect of intimacy, either satirizing, or resisting,
clichés. As a collection, the songs are musically
and temperamentally diverse yet thematically unified.
The music on Luvskull
changes from song to song. It veers from offbeat
pop to throbbing distorted guitar, from spontaneous improvisation
to tight orchestration, from sparse acoustic guitar and
vocals to full-throttle electric onslaught. Luvskull
includes some unconventional instrumentation such as cookie
sheets, pop bottles, wine glasses, floorboards, ashtrays,
bells, cabasa, congas, horns and piano. This accords
with People From Earth's experimental and boundary-defying
tendencies. Luvskull is provocative, original, energetic,
and exciting.
Luvskull was recorded
and mixed in two sessions at the Gas Station in Toronto.
The first session was recorded, mixed, and CO-produced
by Don Kerr (Rheostatics, Bob Wiseman). The second
was piloted and CO-produced by Dale Morningstar (Dinner
is Ruined). People From Earth CO-produced on all
of the tracks in both sessions.
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