Decide Which Way The Eyes Are Looking

Description

Recorded with a large number of Los Angeles musicians, *Decide Which Way The Eyes Are Looking* reveals the boldness and confidence of American composer and musician Lina Tullgren. Each song is a whirlwind of curious sounds: the pluck of harp strings, the rustle of woodwinds, the rattle of percussion, the sigh of the euphonium. And at the center of each crown, Lina sings, finding that space between Judee Sill and Sam Jayne. Weaving connections between the affective and the radical, Tullgren took advantage of the quiet isolation of a seaside cabin to write the songs that would become *Decide Which Way The Eyes Are Looking*. For Lina, *Decide* is the culmination of all the work they have done throughout their life: the melodic, the dense, the confessional, the unknowable. It is also a tribute to collaboration. They invited musicians from a wide field of songwriting to play on the recording: Leng Bian, Zach Burba, Luke Csehak, Corey Fogel, Jenny Hirons, Tara Milch, Tim Ramsey, Michael Sachs, Jude Tedaldi, Marta Tiesenga, and Ben Varian. The album is a quiet masterpiece: a generous and memorable journey. It is the result of five years of work, the product of a total abandonment of pop songs and a new beginning. For fans of The Durutti Column, Linda Perhacs, Penguin Cafe Orchestra, Judee Sill.