Hudson Valleyโs newest sonic explorers, Lodo, make their mark with The Process of Remembering, a debut that thrives on contradiction, with beauty colliding with chaos and serenity breaking into storms. Formed in 2023 from a serendipitous jam session, drummer Wyatt, bassist/singer/synth player Tommy, guitarist/singer/synth player James, and classically trained flautist Ashley have carved out a sound that refuses easy labels. Instead, they lean into mood, texture, and raw honesty, letting improvisation bloom into fully realized landscapes.
The opener, โWelcome,โ wastes no time setting the tone. Low rumbles pulse beneath mystical flute lines, their airy tendrils writhing like smoke before cymbals ignite the atmosphere. The vocals seep in hazy and muffled, as if coming from another room, sung with buried angst burning up. Then guitars fuzz and roar, swallowing the calm in a wall of distortion, just to plunge into the unknown.
Midway through, โDreadnoughtโ anchors the record with glimmers of light. Shimmering guitars chime against steady, rumbling drums, while the voice comes with a weight to the calm, as if serenity is hard-won, lingering at the edge of collapse.
By the time โShangri-Laโ arrives, Lodo has embraced their full cinematic instincts. The track begins with orchestral grandeur, only to fall suddenly into silence before drums thunder and cymbals crash. The flute cuts through with mysticism, threading light into the heaviness. Vocals spill out in a dark, nonchalant tone, carelessly reckless, reminding us that utopia is never quite untouched, always shadowed by doubt.
With The Process of Remembering, Lodo prove that memory is messy like mud, natural in its dreariness.
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Review by: Naomi Joan