Amid the much publicized downfall of Lookout! Records, indie-poppers Troubled Hubble took a cue from their then label and officially ended their traveling party in 2005, leaving brothers Nate and Andrew Lanthrum without an ensemble for their energetic rhythm section.

Retreating home to their practice space in the rural Illinois suburbs, the siblings recruited fellow Midwest musicians – guitarist Corey Wills, of Chicago’s Inspector Owl; guitarist/vocalist Jim Hanke, of Milwaukee’s El Oso; and classically trained pianist/vocalist Nina Lanthrum – and Kid, You’ll Move Mountains embarked on a two-year writing process en route to Loomings, their self-released debut album.

Loomings is a pop-savvy, theatric recording that packages the hardships of America’s Rust Belt with the promise of a revitalized tomorrow. It is a record that is as dense as it is direct, with massive crescendos that bleed into eerily sparse moments at a beat’s notice; a record void of guitar solos that still induces air-guitar playing; an unpredictable album of multi-part songs that lack traditional structures, but remains undeniably catchy; a nine-song collection with intriguing vocal arrangements and equally as experimental musicianship.

"These three refugees from Rockford, Illinois -- ranked among the ten worst cities in America by no less of an authority than Money magazine -- mix a pop-punker's obsession with melody (and reedy vocals) with heavy dynamics (these boys likes to play it LOUD). Their penchant for fuzz 'n' thump (dig "Kicked Out the Fear" on their Myspace thingy) is indicative they listened to the same Tull and Sabbath platters from the '70s as Soundgarden did, but their thrusting forward motion on "Design Yourself a Heart," which features a guitar hook that might well have been cribbed from the mighty Me-Thinks' "Speedhair," sounds for all the world like the Violent Femmes on crank after they stole Cobain's distortion pedals."-The Stash Dauber on Geronimo!

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