lylas have been steadily performing and releasing music in Nashville since 2003. Frequent members include: Ryan "Coupler" Norris and Scott Martin (formerly Lambchop, HeCTA), longtime member Luke Schneider (Margo Price, Teddy and the Roughriders), and recent additions, Rollum Haas (The Features) and Rodrigo Avendano (Coupler, HeCTA). With their 3rd and latest LP, 'Warm Harm', lylas have taken a decidedly sharp turn towards experimental and electronic ambient sounds. This new sonic palette infuses their familiar neo-gothic folk through the heavy filter of producer, Jeremy Ferguson, and his Battletapes studio. The album lands somewhere in the middle of Will Oldham, Can, and Roxy Music. Throw in local influence by fellow Nashvillian Stone Jack Jones' looping songwriting style as well- an artist that has shared a decade long relationship with the group.
Warm Harm
With their 3rd and latest LP, 'Warm Harm', lylas have taken a decidedly sharp turn towards experimental and electronic ambient sounds. This new sonic palette infuses their familiar neo-gothic folk through the heavy filter of producer, Jeremy Ferguson, and his Battletapes studio. The album lands somewhere in the middle of Will Oldham, Can, and Roxy Music. Throw in local influence by fellow Nashvillian Stone Jack Jones' looping songwriting style as well- an artist that has shared a decade long relationship with the group.
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Do You Believe in Blood?
Staying sweet as ever yet diving deeper into the gentle, macabre world of lylas, 'Do You Believe In Blood?' tip toes between tender lament and meticulous dance. This go around finds the group employing a tighter thematic consistency where they meet their muses head on in a more focused album than the understated country pop sophistication of their debut LP, 'Lessons For Lovers.' At times sounding more chamber ensemble than pop- folk group, lylas expands their members on this second outing but remains as intimate and compelling as ever with a sound that is more 'live' while delicate in its expression. Read the Nashville Scene's REVIEW. Purchase this beautiful sounding 12" vinyl LP directly from Cleft! Also available digitally.
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Snow Day EP
LYLAS return after their second LP, 'Do You Believe In Blood?' with 'Snow Day', a six song ep very much in the vein of their previous release. The dirge- like, "Aye Drive" starts this 10" record with a thick wall of strings and banjo. This thematic EP is the perfect companion to 'Do You Believe In Blood?' and takes similar cues, while expanding on LYLAS's signature, dark folk sound.
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