Make Up - Lost Time

Description

Welcome to Make Up / Lost Time by Landlady, where traditional orchestral sounds are as vital as glitchy synthesizers and long-lost sound effects that seep through the cracks in the walls. Accompanied by a cast of top collaborators – Jonathan Rado from Foxygen, Jenn Wasner from Wye Oak, Buck Meek from Big Thief – Schatz's songwriting prowess seems to rise before your ears as the album progresses in a way that suggests there is no ceiling. Equal parts Vampire Weekend, The Roches, Flaming Lips, and Randy Newman, Schatz knows how to twist mundane and miserable moments into raw and unforgettable pop hooks. The song "At Odds" declares, "Your money's no good here / it's never good anywhere," and guess what kids, it turns out to be a statement about the album itself: big budgets don't create this kind of musical triumph, only imagination and hard work do. In fact, if the album title can be read as a mission statement, then the listener is bound to conclude these 45 beautiful minutes with a stunned declaration of "mission accomplished."