OK, I was planning on publishing an album review, but I could not resist to do another one of these ‘Artist to Watch’-thingy’s.. I got so much to share with you [There are still 14 on the growing list]! This time:
Brasstronaut
So far, the band has only released one EP in 2008 ‘Old World Lies’, which was a pleasure to listen too. But the main reason I’m writing about them around this time, is because they’re about to release their debut LP. ‘Mount Chimeara’(if I’m right), will be released on the first of March. Hurray!
Brasstronaut is an ‘indie’-quartet from Canada. Yes, I’m quite into ‘canada’ lately. I would describe their sound as ‘Jazz-meets-whispering-vocals-meets-indie-pop’, a whole mouthful. Still I feel I can’t describe it well. There are some classical, folk and singer-songwriter influences every now and then. Wikipedia says that they’re : ‘a soul–live electronics-pop and rock band’, yeah sure :S
‘Old World Lies’ can be described as ‘dreamy trumpet, mixed with a dreamy piano, mixed with a jazzy-rhythm section’. I’m especially a huge fan of the instrumental track ‘Fan’. It’s a little gem. Samples from their debut album are slightly more pop, which is, of course not bad. It’s nice that, based on what I’ve heard so far, some songs are more upbeat. I think this debut album is gonna be a. awesome, fantastic and interesting or b. dull, trying-too-hard and overrated. But hey, the band really has some potential, and I love their cross-over of genre’s that is very unusual (or I’m looking in the wrong places for this genre). So check their MySpace out, I guess.
‘Requiem for a scene’
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