In their relatively brief time as a
band, Nigel Dennis, Mike Brown and Todd
Miller -- collectively known as A
Lull -- impressively have shared the
stage with national touring acts such as
Yeasayer, Appleseed Cast and Cursive.
There are echoes of all of those groups
in the Chicago trio's music, as well as
hints of Animal Collective, but more in
the way it approaches creating catchy,
buoyant pop out of sometimes skewed or
experimental ingredients, including dark
electronic ambience and sputtering
synthesized percussion.
The group has so far released an impressive four-song EP, "Ice Cream Bones," now streaming at www.myspace.com/alullmusic, and is working to complete a full-length debut titled "Confetti." And it's kicking off an ambitious tour that stretches from Texas to Boston with a gig at the Bottom Lounge, 1375 W. Lake, at 8 p.m. Thursday.