E. Ellison Live at The Sou’wester Lodge
10/5/2024
Free & open to the public
Previously under the moniker Cardioid and former Radiation City member, this new project from Lizzy Ellison is wrought with self discovery (not unlike previous works), but prodding deeper into the connection we have between the creation of music and ourselves. Her new record, Pillars, evokes a semblance of control, when in fact during the creation of it, her life felt contrary to this. The process was long as she allowed the songs to take shape in their own way, attempting to decode her methods in song-writing and creating new recording practices. Staying true to the autobiographical form Ellison typically shares, these songs ebb and flow through different terrains of darkness and light, hope and despair, discomfort and peace, while describing the details of her life, and more specifically the struggles. Textural is an understatement; almost bizarrely architectural in form. At times predictable, alluring the listener, but often with questions unanswered. The palette of instrumentation is voluptuous and colorfully rich, using a classical acoustic guitar as the main inspiration and augmenting this with synths, layers of choral vocals, piano, fuzzed-out electric guitars, and raw lead vocals using as little effect as possible. Pillars will be out this fall via Doe Records, Ellison’s Portland based record label.
