Hooray For Holidays
First, I apologise! This post has been my first in a long time. Due to commitments to school, I've been studying like crazy and reforming horrible sleeping patterns. But, term 1 is over and it's time to get back to posting. Labels: Grace
Casey Dienel, by name, is dead. She’s taken up a moniker, White Hinterland, which seems to be a perfect representation of her music – mysterious and dreamy. Her new album, Phylactery Factory, is a web of jazzy influences, fleeting, smooth instrumentation and her whimsical vocals (which remind me of Feist). It’s very delicate and intricate. She also recently did a cover of Björk’s I Miss You for a Stereogum album. Talk about wow!
White Hinterland Destruction of the Art Deco House
White Hinterland Dreaming of the Plum Trees
White Hinterland Hometown Hooray
Okay, when you’ve got a band with a Swedish pop royalty involved with it, you know it’s going to be great. Springfactory’s main members, Lina Cullemark and Peter Gunnarson (aforementioned Swedish pop royalty; from Suburban Kids with Biblical Names) have been deep in this pop thing for ages. It’s all about simplicity with Springfactory. There are no tricks of the trade – it’s upbeat, warm music that brings the smiles instantly, straight up.
Springfactory Get Out of Bed
Springfactory No More
Springfactory Stingy Friday Afternoon
Heather and Nicholas Larimer make up Portland pop duo Eux Autres. With their French sounding name and obvious influences, I can safely say that they are both Francophiles. The crisp, bouncy pop music they create is full of harmonies and lighthearted melodies, with a sensibility that isn’t too polished, or too rough. It’s the sweet middle they belong to. The bouncy energy that the Larmier kids put into the songs adds a certain eccentricity. Eux Autres honestly, deserve more attention than they get.
Eux Autres When I'm Up
Eux Autres The Deadball Era
Lullatone’s new record, The Bedtime Beat, does not disappoint. They stick with their childlike, exploratory type of ‘pajama pop’, endearingly strange instrumentation and fragile, cute vocals. The part of Lullatone that grabs me the most is their ability to turn any mundane object or process into an instrument. The new record features sounds such as the beat of waterdrops, snoring and toy instruments. Extremely clever, The Bedtime Beat is an impeccable collection of blissful and hazy lullabies.
Lullatone The Bathtime Beat
Lullatone The Bedtime Beatbox
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3 Comments:
Lullatone are amazing, they put on such a fun live show. You can see photos on EMJ.
The couple are having their first child soon too! so cute.
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Nick Fulton, at 10:23 AM, April 16, 2008
I wish I could see Lullatone live. They're touring Oceania soon but they're not playing a show in Sydney. Aargh!
And that is too cute! Aww.
-grace
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Anonymous, at 1:55 AM, April 17, 2008
Oh wait, never mind. They already toured, haha...
-grace
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Anonymous, at 2:01 AM, April 17, 2008
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