REVIEW: Brother Sun, Sister Moon - s/t

 8 out of 10

Find it here.

Vashti Bunyan meets Belong and/or Bowery Electric as well as Bibio (the cover image conveys the music perfectly..).

Gorgeously layered guitar loops, samples, drones, pluckings, etc. swimming and drowning between lush/complex synth layers, minimal Hip Hop-esque drum beats (in a few tracks), and "summertime-warm" atmospheres. BS,SM's debut self-titled release is very pretty and mellow, as well as great for a slow night on the patio (sorry I know I talk about "patio music" a lot, but I can't help it, it is the season for it after all). The tracks sway between "hazy/lush Ambiance", "sunny Psychedelia", & reverb-drenched Dream Pop. See band names mentioned above, get obsessed, it's that gorgeous.

Melodramatic tranquility is always a good thing. I like this one, I think I'll keep it.

Standout Tracks:I like 'em al, but especially; Cope, From Grain To Flower, One Throws And One Pulls (LOVE♥LOVE), South Downs By Morning, South Downs By Morning (Dale Cooper Quartet Remix)

EIC'S10Q'S w/Dorias Baracca

"..equal parts Slowdive, Ride, Interpol, Mogwai, and any other project that derives it's sound from soaring guitar transmissions with layers (upon layers) of sustained metagalactic noise. The only difference between this group and previous mentioned groups is that those bands had years to develop their sound. I firmly believe that most people aren't born with the kind of ears it takes to develop these kind of "Rock" sounds. The unimaginable amounts of layers/filler noise/walls of sounds within this band's debut EP are more than enough to make any veteran rocker jealous. Which is, precisely why it's so important to keep mentioning these guys are only teenagers.."


Dorias Baracca
Blossoming Cosmonauts

Dorias Baracca Bio:
Hailing from Odense in Denmark, Dorias Baracca are almost too young to be making the intense, yet beautiful shoegazing music that they do.

Growing up on a diet of Slowdive, Chapterhouse, Cocteau Twins and Ride have given them a musical maturity that belies their 17 years. The EP manages to encompass the swathing walls of noise that Slowdive created with their early EPs, as well as the driving guitar wizardry of Ride and Swervedriver.

Following their debut London shows back in October, the Hands At Melting Point EP is their debut release, produced by Jonas Munk (Manual). On stage they are a blisteringly loud maelstrom of swirling feedback and melodic chaos that rivals other self-confessed noise masters like A Place To Bury Strangers.


Hello, how are you?
We’re fine, how about you?

What are you currently listening to?
Buster: Stars of the Lid
Aske: Slowdive
Jeppe: Cat Power
Simon: Ride

How long has your band been together?
Since Spring 2007 and Jeppe joined Spring 2009

Was there a particular band/album that inspired you to create the music
that you currently write?
"Loveless", "Isn’t Anything", "You Made Me Realise", "Souvlaki", a lot of fuckin’ Sonic Youth, some M83 and some Leonard Cohen and Mogwai and Loop and Lush and Low and Adorable and Dinosaur Jr. and Echo and the Bunnymen and Earth..

How did Club AC30 find you?
One of our good friends’ big brother is Jonas Munk (better known as Manual) and he mixed our EP and he later on sent it out to some different labels, where AC30 were one of them and he recommended us to go with Club AC30

Is there a title/tentative release date for your debut full length album?
Well we haven’t really talked about it, but we are soon ready to go to the studio once again, for a full length album

Any international tour dates in the works?
We’re trying to work out a tour through Hamburg, Berlin, France and the UK

If you could do the score to any existing movie out there which would you
chose?
Buster: Lost in Translation
Aske: Dead Man
Jeppe: The Crow
Simon: Pi

You can only keep/listen to ONE album for the rest of your life… which
album would it be?
Buster: "Henry's Dream"
Aske: "Just For A Day"
Jeppe: "Raw Power"
Simon: "Loveless"

Are you living your dream?
We are living the daydream nation

Thanx Robin!

Dorias Baracca are currently touring here and there in Europe, pray that they will one day visit the US...

The new Lovesliescrushing album is finally out!

Lovesliescrushing "Girl. Echo. Suns. Veils." comes in an ultra-limited edition of 300 pieces. It is a 2-CD set. The CDs are in 5" cardboard wallets, with the AVIANIUM cover hand glued, numbered and silk-screened by Scott. There is an 8 page booklet and a 2 panel insert, both printed on really nice 80# Cougar matte stock. The whole thing is housed inside a small wooden box with a slip out front panel, also silkscreened by Scott. Get it HERE.

I've been waiting too loooong for this.

More Lovesliescrushing news!

From LLC:

Hi. Thanks for all the emails of enthusiasm about the upcoming release of Lovesliescrushings' amazing 2-cd rarities release, "Girl. Echo. Suns. Veils." It looks like the wooden boxes are going to take a bit longer than I thought, we are waiting on samples before we start the run

Below is a video for the upcoming project:

Scott: "Inside Wavertone studio, making the covers for the limited edition of "Girl. Echo. Suns. Veils." also a short snippet at the end of found assemblage that I leave around town sometimes. the track is "Ghost Blush Rainbow" and is featured on the forthcoming instrumental disc that only comes with the limited edition version."

ALSO!

Lovesliescrushing are playing live (if you can't tell by the flyer posted)!
Saturday Dec 5 ~ Founder's in Grand Rapids, MI
235 Grandville SW. 616-776-1195. With Scott & Melissa.
More Details Soon.

I'm pretty jealous of Grand Rapid-ers. To LLC: Please hurry. I've been waiting too long for this release...