LUMPY "WHO MAKES THEM" MUSIC VIDEO
Review by: Billy Webb, Writer @liam.percy_esquire
Edited by: Andrew Perrizo, Owner/Editor @eamartin95
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Bryan Highhill (AKA Lumpy) is a crafty songwriter with a knack for catchy hooks and memorable trumpet lines. "Who Makes Them" Lumpy's latest video is simple in concept yet enjoyable in delivery.
It's the most recent installment from the "Lump's House" series which features Highhill, guitarist Nate Knutson, and "video clones" of Highhill performing from his basement studio space. It's more or less an edited livestream performance.
The editing is crisp and pans to the trumpets as they kick in shortly after the song begins. The guitar is simplistic allowing a lot of room for a smooth flowing, epic sounding trumpet line. Next, the vocals kick in and are backed by a straightforward Cars-esque new wave guitar riff.
Lumpy knows when to pull back the throttle dynamically and it really adds to the punch of the horns when they do hit. This isn't a standard verse-chorus-verse-chorus-bridge rinse and repeat formula. A spacey post Chorus synth solo, transitioning back into the original horn line makes for an ideal reset back into the second half of the song ending with a triumphant "Who Makes Them" vocal chorus.
It's not easy to keep a five minute and thirty second song interesting, but Lumpy does it here.
”Who Makes Them was originally recorded and released on the first full-length Lumpy album, "From Wilderness Cove" in 2010. This updated version was recorded as part of the "Lump's House" video series - a series that I started in 2020, performing updated versions of older songs from the Lumpy catalog. This recording features Nate Knutson on guitar and baritone guitar, with Bryan Highhill playing all other instruments. Recorded, mixed, and produced by Bryan Highhill.” - Bryan Highhill, Lumpy
