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Pour More Oil by Her Name Is Calla
Her Name is Calla are an up-and-coming British band with a penchant for creating beautiful and atmospheric music. This track, from their upcoming debut album The Quiet Lamb, is slower to start than I would normally like, but the beautiful harmonies reminiscent of Grizzly Bear keep things interesting enough until the delicate but stoic main vocals kicks in that I don’t mind. The violin at 2:35 provide a nice instrumental lift, and the song doesn’t stop building from there. The drums kick in and, along with the increase in strings and use of brass, give the song a sweeping sense of grandeur. The wailing vocal calls to mind Damien Rice’s better moments, and everything comes together beautifully for a hypnotic climax from 5:30-5:55, before returning to the softer tones of the first minute, completing the movement wonderfully in both a musical and emotional sense. The song’s one weak point is the lyrics, but the music and vocals are evocative enough that some lyrical slightness can be forgiven and you can be drawn into and wrapped up in the mood “Pour More Oil” creates.
