Artist: Caroline
Title: Murmurs
Catalog # TRR97
Format: CD
Release Date: March 7, 2006
Label: Temporary Residence Ltd.
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The players:

Caroline Lufkin

Andreas Bjorck

Johnny C

Jason Greenberg

Kai Kurosawa

Jeffrey Lufkin

Daniel Rosenboom

Tomoji Sogawa

Makoto Totani

To the average A&R team at any one of the four (or is it three now?) major labels still attempting to force-feed
here-today-gone-tomorrow "pop sensations," the story of Caroline Lufkin would seem better than any fictitious
bio invented in a marketing meeting. One of three siblings born and raised in Okinawa, Japan, Caroline's older
sister Olivia shot to super-stardom in their home country as a J-pop princess, with their younger brother Jeffrey
playing guitar in her band. At age 18, Caroline moved to Boston to study music composition at Berklee School of
Music. After graduating she moved to Tokyo where she briefly made her living recording demo vocal tracks for a
variety of would-be "pop sensations"; Eventually she herself was offered a lucrative major label contract. She
declined, moved to Los Angeles, and contacted Temporary Residence Ltd. after hearing Explosions In The Sky
and MONO in Japan. We signed her immediately, and ever since have been biting our nails in eager anticipation
of the release of her debut album.

Murmurs is a thing of blessed beauty that defies easy description. The above biography was primarily a clever
attempt to avoid the unenviable task of attaching words to the supernatural brilliance of Caroline's songs. From
the weeping trumpet and innocent lyrical sentiments of opener "Bicycle" to the cinematic tide of "Winter" – whose
orchestral weight and lyrical hopefulness threaten to crush the listener from the inside-out – Murmurs is a truly
masterful album. No samples were used: dozens of live acoustic instruments – pianos, harps, bells, guitars,
strings and hand drums – are shaped around Caroline's crystalline voice and threaded together by warm bass and
dense beats. With a transcendence that could give you chills on a blistering summer day just as easily as it could
warm your body on a bitterly cold night, it's no wonder Caroline has developed a reputation as queen of the "snow
jams."

Track Listing:

1. Bicycle

2. Pink & Black

3. Sunrise

4. Where's My Love

5. Everylittlething

6. All I Need

7. Drove Me to the Wall

8. I'll Leave My Heart Behind

9. Winter

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