Lofty Stills is a project led by Luke Culbertson of Seattle. Their melodic dream pop can be appreciated on the second long play called Holy Flutter.
The band admit to seeking inspiration in Beach House-esque dream pop but also country music of Patsy Cline-style, but still, their music is more airy-pop than smelling of horses and dust. As they describe their music, it is "featuring warbled tape recordings, thick and heavy production, and emotional, incandescent vocals". It's certainly worth-admiration how pop catchy and oneiric at the same time it can be, especially in the brilliant Strong Enough.
In some places of the album, there are more lo-fi fragments appearing in which the band's energy somewhat goes down (as in Beach Bird), but it doesn't happen very often. Another meaningful thing is the band's maxim: "Aching as blessing. Dreaming as living. Change as tenderness. Nature as solace.These are the themes of Lofty Stills". hey try to convey those airy and metaphysical messages in the most assimilable and catchy way. Truth be told, they usually success.
Holy Flutter costs 10 USD.
Check: Strong Enough
Country: Washington, US
Genre: airy pop
