LIA KOHL - Normal Sounds LP punk blues the band kept the live

the band kept the live experience at the forefront of their minds

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Thorough an inescapable maze of oppressive death metal riffs and malefic atmospheres

The Five Americans: "Slippin' and Slidin'" - 1:55

while ‘Yet Still’ stumbles elegantly creating a suspension in time before crashing into a circular hail storm

LIA KOHL - Normal Sounds LP punk blues the band kept the liveIts not difficult to find beauty in the sounds of nature ocean waves, birdsong, rainfall but it's easy to overlook the charm and wonder of everyday anthropogenic sounds. Equal parts reverent and playful, Normal Sounds is built around field recordings of human made, non musical sounds: fridge drones, grocery store beeps, car horns. Lia Kohl alternately hallows and mimics them, offering them to the listener in a new light. Using a textural cloud of