rghammo Posted February 5, 2007 Share Posted February 5, 2007 Great voice. Like a masculine Nina Simone, if that makes any sense. Probably not. I first heard about him through Beth Orton but I hadn't gotten around to checking out a full album until now. It's quite good. Link to post Share on other sites
mjpuczko Posted February 5, 2007 Share Posted February 5, 2007 of montreal - hissing fauna... Link to post Share on other sites
lizish Posted February 5, 2007 Share Posted February 5, 2007 I guess they are a Chi-town band. Saw them opening for Po Girl on the weekend and they were pretty good in a Folky/soul way. No Idea that they had written 'Scattered Leaves' from the last Be Good Tanyas CD. Link to post Share on other sites
mjpuczko Posted February 5, 2007 Share Posted February 5, 2007 mmj - it still moves Link to post Share on other sites
muller Posted February 5, 2007 Share Posted February 5, 2007 Electrelane - No Shouts, No Calls Link to post Share on other sites
solace Posted February 5, 2007 Share Posted February 5, 2007 ^^ lot better than Axes they might open some of the Euro Arcade Fire shows, Beirut as well. Link to post Share on other sites
muller Posted February 5, 2007 Share Posted February 5, 2007 Nice. Im soooo pissed off I havent got tickets for the Arcade Fire UK shows. They all sold out in minutes. Link to post Share on other sites
explodo Posted February 5, 2007 Share Posted February 5, 2007 they might open some of the Euro Arcade Fire shows, Beirut as well.Best lineup ever. Especially now that Will Sheff/Josh Ritter dates are cancelled. Link to post Share on other sites
Mystik Spiral Posted February 5, 2007 Share Posted February 5, 2007 thanks to the prince thread: Link to post Share on other sites
solace Posted February 5, 2007 Share Posted February 5, 2007 Nice. Im soooo pissed off I havent got tickets for the Arcade Fire UK shows. They all sold out in minutes.there will be day of show tickets. heck there were 50 a night for the Church shows last week. Link to post Share on other sites
solace Posted February 5, 2007 Share Posted February 5, 2007 It all began as the bedroom projects of Ben Daniels and Ever Nalens. Ben moved to London, England for a girl and wound up just walking around a lot. Moving to Glasgow, Scotland to go to art school, Ever didn't realize there was a place on earth, outside of the poles, where the sun might not be visible for weeks at a time. He was completely unprepared for the effects of this upon his state of mind. Suffice it to say, sunny days in Glasgow had a profound impact on him. Returning to Philadelphia deeply affected by their respective experiences, the two began collaborating on little recordings made with radio shack microphones in Ben's apartment. After a while Ever gave up to focus on pictures, but Ben continued on, bringing in his sister, Robin, on vocals. After another short while, sister Lauren was brought in to fill out the sound and the group began to record in earnest on Ben's new laptop with a nice new condenser mic. In March of 2006 they self-released an EP titled, "The Sunniest Day Ever", which was met with a great deal more radio-play and press than any of them had ever expected. The ensuing attention motivated the three to record like crazy and the end result was edited and assembled to create the band's debut LP, "Scribble Mural Comic Journal". Using mandolins, banjos, noise, samplers, lots of cuttin' n pastin', and all of the normal band instruments, Philadelphia's A Sunny Day in Glasgow adds lush female vocals and dance-y rhythms to make dreamy pop music. Distorted guitars alongside Robin and Lauren's vocals glisten for thirteen storied tracks on "Scribble Mural Comic Journal." The album succeeds in marrying Cocteau Twins' other-wordliness, JAMC white noise, the best aspects of early Aphex Twin, and the jangle of "Strawberry Wine" era MBV to create pop music that somehow makes sense despite making no sense. Ben currently resides in Montreal while his sisters still live in Philly so touring is limited but ASDIG will be going on a short East coast tour following the February 13 release date. this is pretty good stuff... Link to post Share on other sites
Mystik Spiral Posted February 5, 2007 Share Posted February 5, 2007 ^^ i'll have to check that out. now? Link to post Share on other sites
bobbob1313 Posted February 6, 2007 Share Posted February 6, 2007 "Waste of Paint" is such a great song.. Link to post Share on other sites
brianjeremy Posted February 6, 2007 Share Posted February 6, 2007 "Waste of Paint" is such a great song.. A-Men, I love that song. NP: Link to post Share on other sites
augurus Posted February 6, 2007 Share Posted February 6, 2007 All the other schools in my area have announced closings, but my campus refuses to do the same and I don't think I should be staying up to find out whether or not they have closed. Link to post Share on other sites
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Welsh Rich Posted February 6, 2007 Author Share Posted February 6, 2007 One of my all-time favourite albums that ^ Link to post Share on other sites
muller Posted February 6, 2007 Share Posted February 6, 2007 I love it too. Im not overly familiar with his other output to be honest but I really love this. Link to post Share on other sites
muller Posted February 6, 2007 Share Posted February 6, 2007 quiet in here today... Link to post Share on other sites
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