April 7, 2008 | Posted by mark at 11:00 AM

You Don't Have to Say 'I Love You Too'

Lissy Trullie - Self Taught Learner.

There's something that separates the good from the bad. The timeless from the pan flashes. The weak from the strong. Or at least this is what I'm going to tell myself on this typical Los Angeles morning. It's a style that's impossible to recreate. You either have it or you don't. Spoon has it. The muslims have it. The Strokes had it on their first record. Lissy Trullie has it. It's the ability to sound completely effortless and confident. It's being totally sure about what you're saying without being an asshole about it or sounding like you're trying. The words come naturally and smoothly and tell us enough about the story to relate it to ourselves without being overt or annoying.

So here we have this girl Lissy. I don't know much about her, though I guess in new york she runs in LES hipster circles with the Virgins and their ilk. This is fine. I don't live there so it doesn't mean shit to me. I just stumbled across her songs and pretty much fell in love. Like, ass-over-tea-kettle type of shit. Which is awesome.

Legend has it that some majors are pretty interested in ms. Trullie, going so far as to pay for some studio time and all that. This is fine. I wish her the best, but who knows how these things work out. Again, it's not something I have to worry about - I just want to listen to her songs over and over again. Listen to the wilco-esque piano break 2 minutes in. Listen to the way "I" comes from deep in her throat like Nico. Listen to that nice little bassline. It's all there, sounding like sexy, vulnerable confidence.

I'm not sure where to send you next, since she doesn't seem to have any shows planned or music you can buy. Just put her on your radar and enjoy the time we've spend together.

Comments

This girl is a scenester bitch. Naturally now that her modeling career is all washed up she's got to stay relevant somehow, maybe by making nico inspired bullshit music.

NEXT

Posted by: ugh at April 7, 2008 1:42 PM

see, i assumed this was coming, and touched on it a little bit in the post. The fact is i don't care who she is. I don't have to deal with her and can successfully listen to the songs without worrying about her personality or friends or any of that bullshit. We could get into a larger argument here about separating art from the artist, but the fact is I'm lazy. Is this something i should hate? Probably. But do i? Nope. I actually really like it. Who knew?!?!?!?

Posted by: robot mark at April 7, 2008 2:00 PM

No I fucking won't keep her on my radar. The vocals are terrible. Unlistenable.

Posted by: Ghost at April 7, 2008 3:58 PM

robots will take over the world.
please help us stop our own hubris:

http://botornot.blogspot.com

Posted by: ANTHONY at April 7, 2008 7:02 PM

seriously this music should not exist. She should stick to DJ the beatrice inn and looking pretty in that "interesting" way because this sucks and so does she.

Posted by: seriously at April 8, 2008 1:50 PM

seriously this music should not exist. She should stick to DJ the beatrice inn and looking pretty in that "interesting" way because this sucks and so does she.

Posted by: seriously at April 8, 2008 1:50 PM

I have no idea who this person is, but the song sounds great and I'd love to hear more.

Posted by: --hrld-- at April 8, 2008 8:35 PM

poor sad little ugh and seriously; so much hatred on something they think so worthless. me, i dont give a fuck if she's a scenester bitch (?), had a modelling career, deejays somewhere or other, sounds like someone who made a couple of okay records 40 years ago which almost no one bought. the song sounds great, so does she. the rest is bullshit

Posted by: forkhead at April 9, 2008 9:01 AM

Wow. I don't like the music, but I don't get the vitriol. Does she strangle puppies for fun or something?

Posted by: kate at April 9, 2008 9:49 PM

naw she doesn't strangle puppies but she's not a kind person. Pointlessly rude and mean to anyone in her way.

The song is OK. Nothing that will be remembered.


Posted by: hollah at ya at April 16, 2008 9:39 PM

You kids have no idea who this girl is. She's been playing music since she was little and has been in plenty of bands. She was a model for a second and she admits she was a bad model. She thought she'd make money and didn't.
AND she's not a mean girl. She's really really shy, Lissy is a social retard. But super nice if you get to know her.
Next time your at beatrice you might want to try to talk to her you bitter fuck. I bet my life on it you've never spoken to her, if you had you'd take back all that stupid hater shit you said.

Posted by: DEAD at April 23, 2008 8:00 PM
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