What will we do? For Lula WILES, the trio made up of Isa Burke,
Eleanor Buckland, and Mali Obomsawin, the question is central to the
creation of their music—and it’s the title of their sophomore
album, out in 2019 on Smithsonian Folkways Recordings. “We wanted to
make an album that reflected, in a current way, what we are all
staying up late thinking about and talking about over drinks at the
dinner table,” says Obomsawin. “What is everyone worried about,
confiding in their friends about, losing sleep about?” Anchoring the
band’s sharp, provocative songcraft is a mastery of folk music, and
a willingness to subvert its hallowed conventions. They infuse their
songs with distinctly modern sounds: pop hooks, distorted electric
guitars, and dissonant multi-layered vocals, all employed in the
service of songs that reclaim folk music in their own voice. The
musicians take turns in different roles––Burke and Buckland on
guitar and fiddle, Obomsawin on bass, all three singing and
writing—but no matter who’s playing what, they operate in close
tandem, with drummer Sean Trishscka adding his rhythmic sensibilities
underneath. All three members grew up in small-town Maine, and the
band came of age in Boston’s lively roots scene. Since then, they
have toured internationally, winning fans at the Newport Folk Festival
and AmericanaFest, garnering acclaim from NPR, Rolling Stone Country,
Paste Magazine and more. "What Will We Do" remained in the top 10 of
the Americana Music radio charts for 13 weeks, and has charted with
Billboard, as well as been spun on SiriusXm, numerous Spotify
playlists, World Cafe, and more. Lula WILES EXISTS IN THE TENSE SPACE
WHERE TRADITION AND REVOLUTION MEET, from which their harmonies rise
into the air to create new American music. website
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