Sanguine Recordings

New Release! Eskimobot: Lullabies for Insomniacs

Lullabies for Insomniacs is Eskimobot’s stunning debut release for Sanguine. Written and recorded over one struggling New York summer in 2005, it’s an album about love lost and wonderment gained.

It’s the sound of a child’s nursery at 3am, up under the covers with a flashlight when everyone else is asleep. “Deliver Us” is a sultry downtempo dirge, celesta and orchestral strings soaring over Ed Garro’s boom-bap beat. “A Doll’s Tale” highlights Kimi Recor’s vocals at their eeriest, pinned by a music-box keyboard line and fragmented samples of clinking teacups and chirping crickets. Lullabies for Insomniacs isn’t all shadows, however. Opening track “All Around Town” is a joyful, uptempo synth-pop treat, a breathless jaunt around urban streets. And then there’s “The Me in You,” a duet featuring both Recor and Garro on vocals, singing to each other about the ephemeral nature of innocence, of melted chocolate bars and mismatched socks.

This is music for the pre-dawn hours of the night: magical, solitary, capricious, and slightly macabre.

Published: August 4th, 2009
Author: Emily