Brooklyn trio Callers are excited to announce the release of their sophomore album, Life of Love, this week on Western Vinyl (Dirty Projectors, Here We Go Magic, Balmorhea), and are offering a new single, “How You Hold Your Arms” for mp3 download. Life of Love combines the compositional forms of jazz and post-punk, while bringing a sense of soulful and melodic expression to the table.
The initial idea that inspired the making of Life of Love was a cover of Wire’s “Heartbeat” (premiered by Yours Tru.ly) in the hopes of creating something simple and cathartic. Recorded at the historic Seizure’s Palace (Sonic Youth, Herbie Hancock, Devendra Banhart, John Zorn) in Gowanus, Brooklyn, the album was recorded on borrowed amps and played on busted gear you’d find in a Midwest high school gospel choir performance.
“…effortless from start to finish, and is only made more complex and appealing given the diversity of its songs.” – NPR
“Records like Life of Love are rare. There are a lot of bands and singers who aim to capture timelessness and evoke a certain era which often fail. Callers have grace, class and an understanding of how the American songbook works and how it can be manipulated. The results here are perfect.” – The Aquarian Weekly
“Callers make an indescribable, codeine-ready micro-ruckus that straddles some downtown-via-Bedford line between grandiose indie rock gestures, art-jazz slither, dusty folk, and swooning soul. The band understands how to seamlessly mix disparate sounds.” – Village Voice
“[Sara] Lucas proves a smoother operator, building very gradually from a near-stillness to slowly expanding and unfolding movements and gestures, bringing her beat very slowly out to the world, and drawing the audience fully into Callers’ gravity.” – New York Press
“…I actually had to shut it off because it got to be too much. And of course, that’s meant as high praise.” – Pitchfork
