"Answers" developed out of a simple, forgotten pop riff from an old rehearsal recording. It would go on to open out into atmospheric layers of a more complex world. The major key and tropical rhythms belie its existential angst and affirmation of subjectivity, which are fleshed out by impressionistic explosions of blues, greens and oranges. Pay careful attention to the syncopations occurring between the upbeat guitar melody and the lethargic vocal melody in the first half of the song. By the second half, instead of opposing or bouncing against the musical support, the octave jump in the vocals affirms the triumph of the last stanza. Any aspect of the cartoonish is modulated by the lyrics, which are included below.

If you can come by any answer
Be it accidental and all
At an unlikely place, such an off pace
There's no sense in any of it

How does it go?
Oh oh oh
What does it go for?
Tell me about it
I didn't doubt it
For a second
It was out there

Let my life be
All mine
Made entirely of
Of my, oh my
Own likes

Answers

Calafia

Listen

Morocco

Tyrant

Wholly

Recorded in upstate Connecticut at Stone Studio and mixed by Kurt Feldman (DIIV, Pains of Being Pure at Heart).

good night america

not bad

take it as it comes

later on

Rutger Ansley Rosenborg is an outsider looking in. Ryan S. Miller is an insider looking out. Friends since second grade, the two have played music together from the age of eight on. 

Rutger and Ryan comprise the core of The Lulls, an LA/NYC-based band formed in 2015. In 2016, the pair embarked on a two-month national tour after releasing their debut album, “Island of Daughters,” on vinyl. In 2017, they holed up for a week in the Idyllwild mountains to demo new songs. Earlier this year, they recorded three new singles in a cabin in upstate Connecticut before flying back west to play SXSW.

With their shimmering sound, The Lulls aim to encompass the whole of America—black to white, dark to bright—through poignant, irreverent, and empathic storytelling.

Notable press includes features from New Noise Magazine, The Wild Honey Pie, Culture Collide, Paste, Kick Kick Snare, and Not Another Music Blog.