Album Review: Luluc’s Sculptor Chisels Your Marbled Heart

Every track on Sculptor chisels off a piece of your heart and that feels hardened. Lyrically, Luluc approach a verse as if it is a line you have said to a lover in a fight or repeated in your mind when trying to relive the reasons for it. The way Zoë Randell and Steven Hassett sing their words is with a subtle rapidity. From “Me And Jasper” to “Kids,” Sculptor is filled with songs that sing to second-guesses we give ourselves, but it does it with a briskness that shows you how easy it is to carry anxiety.

Insecurities are draining, but they are so common to the human condition that they are, oddly, manageable. It is like having a 20 pound bag tied to your waist; eventually the pain and weight becomes normal. Yet, there are times when you combat that normalcy, and decide to shed off the excess like a sculptor trying to find a artful body in marble. In this analogy, Steve and Zoe’s voices are the tools going through emotional rocks with a firm, deeper tone. Their alto register etches out songs such as “Genius”, “Controversy”, and “Heist” as if they are designs for the human condition. Yet, the ambiance of their record feels soothingly quiet for its insightfulness.

There are certain artists that make music so calm, you cannot fight its influence over you. Sculptor is a record that hushes you and drapes over you with stringed, aqueous melodies that blank your mind. It is a welcome feeling because so many artists go to turn on your brain and body, but Luluc ask you to be motionless. Instead, watching how everything else moves around you. For More Information On Luluc And To Buy Sculptor Click Here.