Kintsugi (golden joinery) is the Japanese art of repairing broken pottery by mending the areas of breakage with lacquer dusted or mixed with powdered gold, silver, or platinum. Japanese aesthetics value the wear marks of the object caused by its use and the repairs are highlighted as an art rather than trying to mask them. As a philosophy, kintsugi is embracing the flaws or imperfections as part of the natural life cycle of the objects.
LILLI
has been respecting the same philosophy when working on their second
album. The songs are real life stories of broken lives joined from
pieces to an album. The songs exude life with all its challenges and ups
and downs. None of us survives life without physical or mental dents,
but we have to learn to appreciate them in the sense of a person's
spiritual growth.
The
group’s debut album was released in 2020, so the band had time to work
on the second album for almost two years. Careful maturation has not
been in vain, as the end result is a tasteful, high-quality package. The
album contains massive arrangements and captivating stories. The songs
move musically on the borders of rock and metal music, which creates a
pleasant surprise in the content of the album and carries the album
brilliantly from the beginning intro to the last song. As a whole, the
album's music is clearly more heavy in style than the band's debut
album, but definitely in a good way.
"We
are very satisfied with our new album and during the production process
we had the opportunity to work with several highly talented keyboard
players, such as Akseli Kaasalainen (Dreamtale), Mikko Kujanpää
(Memoremains), Antti Simonen (...and Oceans) ja Marko Karttunen. The
visitors bring their own stylish fingerprint to the whole, which brought
new drive and musical depth to the songs," says the band's bassist and
studio chief Sami Halinen. "Some of the stories on the album are quite
brutal human destinies, such as the long journey from Friday to Monday
caused by loneliness, or the hard work of the nurses and doctors,
especially during the last covid years", the band's singer Lily Black
continues.
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