Recorded in a 12th-century abbey on the Isle of Wight, Echolalia is what happens when a handful of Nashville’s sharpest musicians escape the urban noise and just play.
Spencer Cullum, Andrew Combs, Jordan Lehning, and Dominic Billet—names tied to everyone from Miranda Lambert to Orville Peck—formed this low-key supergroup to follow the sound wherever it led.
They brought three songs each. There were no charts, headphones, or studio polish—just a group of friends, a monastery, and a whole lot of tape. The result is a hazy blend of psychedelic folk, cozy (and very English) weirdness, and subtly complex arrangements that feel earthy and, at times, also otherworldly.
There’s a warmth in the record that’s organic and unhurried. Songs drift and shimmer like candlelight on stone walls. Lehning’s brother Jason handled production, joined by multi-instrumentalists Eli Beaird and Juan Solorzano, rounding out a crew that clearly trusted each other and had loads of fun making the record.
You can hear that trust in every relaxed rhythm, unexpected turn, and the laughs captured between the friends on some of the tracks.
Perhaps the most immense delight is the closing track, “In The Pub,” a rollicking number of witty lyricism and Guinness-swigging charm that must have been fun to record.
This is not a flashy record. It doesn’t try to impress but instead invites you in. Echolalia is full of strange beauty that doesn’t demand attention but earns it anyway.
It’s a quiet rebellion against overproduced music and a love letter to making something just because it feels good.
Check out Echolalia on Bandcamp here.
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