Lotus Child

Keltie bought this album recently, which was great because Lotus Child lives in an overlapping region of our musical tastes. Not that the region is small... it just isn't that large?!? In any event I finally got to listen to the whole album and I'm very pleased with what is essentially an unadulterated pop album. The lyrics are interesting and the arrangements, though pop, are not boring and repetitive.
The band is very local, and the only brick and mortar stores carrying the album are in Vancouver, plus one in Calgary, though you can find it on amazon.ca. The group's website, http://www.lotuschild.com/home, is the only place I found any press information on the band! Check out this link for a pdf version of a local paper reviewing the album.
The album is perhaps at times too radio friendly, too formulaic crap pop, too emo drenched... but these moments are counter balanced by those of truly inspired song writing, uplifting beats, novel instrumentals, provoking arrangements, and all around enjoyable music.

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