

Album review | Liberation Prophecy, 'Invisible House'

11:48 AM, Jul. 3, 2013  |  Comments
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The beauty of Liberation Prophecy's music is how cannily the band assimilates a wide range of influences and inspirations, absorbing them so deeply that the resultant music feels new. It's akin to discovering something remarkable about someone you've known forever - the comfort of familiarity jolted by an electric shock.

Part of the jolt comes from the band's often surprising combinations of sound and mood. "You," for example, opens with low, moaning horns, like a backwoods gospel quartet atoning for Saturday night. Then a guitar appears, choppy and propulsive, straight out of Bowie's "Station to Station," but the song resolves with a flourish of modern soul - it's by far the most mainstream element, and yet the most jarring given the context.

"Invisible House" is filled with the unexpected. The band's further embrace of rock 'n' roll, or at least its spirit, means that the writing and performances are more direct than in the past, but it remains dedicated to sophisticated anarchy. Saxophonist Jacob Duncan's band has eight strong personalities, and there are times when it feels as if each is pulling at you, creating a finely drawn tension that can be exhilarating.

Songs such as "Let's Not Pretend," "Wish I May" and "The Lazy Mist" ease that tension, all tenderly sung by Carly Johnson, but you want both - the catch and release - and "Invisible House" delivers.

- Jeffrey Lee Puckett, The Courier-Journal



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