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Midnight
2004 Levator Music *****BUY HERE***** THE CHARMING SNAKES, MISTER METAPHOR, WAVES, LEVATOR (Sunset) Levator is a one-woman project founded on the multi-instrumental skills of one Sky Lynn. The recordings are gently lo-fi, with more chops than your average four-tracker even dreams of. Her voice recalls Alison Statton from Young Marble Giants, if a bit more expressive. The songs, meanwhile, take their own marching orders, moving between rock and folk, gentle and strong, with pleasing dexterity. The live Levator is a question mark, but if the assembled band is anything like the recordings, you're in for a treat. THE STRANGER - June 17, 2004 LEVATOR, MINI-LIFE, RED MARTIAN, 1985, GUESTS (Rendezvous) Levator is Sky Lynn, an almost offensively talented multi-instrumentalist/singer/songwriter, whose self-produced debut CD, Midnight, will be released tonight at this show. The music on the record is beautifully detailed, veering from dreamy girl pop to heavier, more grown-up rock tones, all marked by distinguished musicianship (Lynn sings and plays every note on every song) and adventurous handmade production. And as if making a record and playing a show weren't enough, Lynn has shot and edited video presentations for each of the seven solo performers on the bill tonight. So here's one CD-release party that might actually become one. THE STRANGER - December 16, 2004 MISTAKING TELEPHONE POLES FOR GRIZZLY BEARS Levator is the solo project of Seattle multi-instrumentalist Sky Lynn. Her first album, Midnight, features 12 impeccably crafted songs on which she played every note herself. In addition to being extremely detailed (especially for a self-produced, self-recorded album), the songs on Midnight are diverse yet cohesive, ranging from building rockers (“Disease”) to gentle piano pop (“White Hair”) to soulful wails (“Hush”). NADAMUCHO.COM - July 27, 2005 LEVATOR multi-instrumental whiz Sky Lynn makes beautifully detailed dream pop. FRUIT LAMP RECORDS - July 28, 2005 Levator (pronounced elevator without the e) came next, with the gorgeous Sky on vocals, Robert Deeble on drums, and another guy [Paul Groth] on keyboards. Sky knows what she is doing, she really knows her instruments, and her vocals come out floaty and sensual.” URGENTCULTURE.COM - August 2, 2005 |
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