Its Call On Me (Trouble in mind Records) // Par Julien Marty - translation by Ugo Cesar Martinez
Doug Tuttle avec « Its Call On Me » nous apporte une nouvelle preuve que derrière chaque groupe se cache un génie. Nous avions déjà cette intuition lorsque Kevin Morby acceptait la lumière loin des Babies et de Woods pour s’imposer comme l’un des songwriters les plus talentueux du moment. Peu de temps plus tard, Kurt Vile s’émancipait sur les cendres encore fumantes de War On Drug et se révélait tout aussi génial. Nous passerons sous silence les crashs version GermanWings de Pete Doherty et Julian Casablanca.
Doug Tuttle tenait la guitare de MMOSS signé sur Trouble in Mind Records, label indie défricheur de Chicago. Un album et puis s’en va. Bob & Lisa têtes chercheuses et pensantes de Trouble In Mind ont du nez et rattrapent par le col ce grand échalas aux cheveux longs et gras et signent son premier album de rock psyché sobrement intitulé "Doug Tuttle". Deux plus tard, Doug récidive et change de braquet avec ce second LP « Its Call On Me » plus folk, plus américain, mais aussi plus hypnotique et plus grandiloquent. Si le titre éponyme de l’album s’ancre dans l’univers du Velvet Underground, Doug Tuttle simplifie sa musique et s’émancipe des références psychés pour naviguer aux frontières d’un rock baroque dans Make Good Time ou On Your Way, d’une folk quasi pop avec Painted Eyes et Falling To Believe sans oublier Saturday Sunday et Where You Will Go qui concluent l’album dans une explosion sonore aux circonvolutions psychédéliques.
Bien qu’il semble compliqué d’exister au milieu des têtes de gondole Ty Segall, Kevin Morby, Thee Oh Sees ou Mac de Marco qui inondent le marché par leur productivité haute couture, Doug Tuttle timidement, vient de mettre le pied dans la porte.
------------------- Translation by Ugo Cesar Martinez
With « Its Call On me » Doug Tuttle brings another proof that behind every band there is a genius. We’ve already had this impression while Kevin Morby had put himself under the spotlight far from The Babies and Woods, and impose himself as one of the most talented songwriters right now. A little while later, it was Kurt Vile’s turn to gain freedom on the burning ashes of War On Drugs and it turned out just as brilliant. We’ll skip and keep silence over the crashes of German Wings from Pete Doherty and Julian Casablanca.
Doug Tuttle was holding the guitar for MMOSS signed on Trouble in Mind Records, the pioneer indie label from Chicago. One album and then go. Bob & Lisa the target trackers and heads of Trouble in Mind have flair and caught a hold on this big long and greasy haired guy and signed his first album of rock psych plainly called « Doug Tuttle ». Two years later, Doug retrieves with a change in style with this second LP « Its call on me » more folk, more american, and also more hypnotic more grandiloquent. While the hit track from the album’s not too far out from The Velvet Underground, Doug Tuttle simplified his music and breaks free from other psych references in order to travel at the limit of a baroque rock with Make Good Time or On Your Way, to folk music almost pop with Painted Eyes and Falling To Believe, let’s not forget Saturday Sunday and Where You Will Go that ends the album in sonic explosions and psychedelic twists.
While it seems complicated to exist next to Ty Segall, Kevin Morby, Thee Oh Sees or Mac Demarco who flood the market with their high end productivity. Doug Tuttle shyly just, put his foot right in that door.
Doug Tuttle tenait la guitare de MMOSS signé sur Trouble in Mind Records, label indie défricheur de Chicago. Un album et puis s’en va. Bob & Lisa têtes chercheuses et pensantes de Trouble In Mind ont du nez et rattrapent par le col ce grand échalas aux cheveux longs et gras et signent son premier album de rock psyché sobrement intitulé "Doug Tuttle". Deux plus tard, Doug récidive et change de braquet avec ce second LP « Its Call On Me » plus folk, plus américain, mais aussi plus hypnotique et plus grandiloquent. Si le titre éponyme de l’album s’ancre dans l’univers du Velvet Underground, Doug Tuttle simplifie sa musique et s’émancipe des références psychés pour naviguer aux frontières d’un rock baroque dans Make Good Time ou On Your Way, d’une folk quasi pop avec Painted Eyes et Falling To Believe sans oublier Saturday Sunday et Where You Will Go qui concluent l’album dans une explosion sonore aux circonvolutions psychédéliques.
Bien qu’il semble compliqué d’exister au milieu des têtes de gondole Ty Segall, Kevin Morby, Thee Oh Sees ou Mac de Marco qui inondent le marché par leur productivité haute couture, Doug Tuttle timidement, vient de mettre le pied dans la porte.
------------------- Translation by Ugo Cesar Martinez
With « Its Call On me » Doug Tuttle brings another proof that behind every band there is a genius. We’ve already had this impression while Kevin Morby had put himself under the spotlight far from The Babies and Woods, and impose himself as one of the most talented songwriters right now. A little while later, it was Kurt Vile’s turn to gain freedom on the burning ashes of War On Drugs and it turned out just as brilliant. We’ll skip and keep silence over the crashes of German Wings from Pete Doherty and Julian Casablanca.
Doug Tuttle was holding the guitar for MMOSS signed on Trouble in Mind Records, the pioneer indie label from Chicago. One album and then go. Bob & Lisa the target trackers and heads of Trouble in Mind have flair and caught a hold on this big long and greasy haired guy and signed his first album of rock psych plainly called « Doug Tuttle ». Two years later, Doug retrieves with a change in style with this second LP « Its call on me » more folk, more american, and also more hypnotic more grandiloquent. While the hit track from the album’s not too far out from The Velvet Underground, Doug Tuttle simplified his music and breaks free from other psych references in order to travel at the limit of a baroque rock with Make Good Time or On Your Way, to folk music almost pop with Painted Eyes and Falling To Believe, let’s not forget Saturday Sunday and Where You Will Go that ends the album in sonic explosions and psychedelic twists.
While it seems complicated to exist next to Ty Segall, Kevin Morby, Thee Oh Sees or Mac Demarco who flood the market with their high end productivity. Doug Tuttle shyly just, put his foot right in that door.