Posts Tagged ‘Chamber Pop’

THE FAMILY CREST – ” The World “

Posted: March 3, 2015 in MUSIC
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The Family Crest is a baroque pop band from San Francisco, known for its sweeping and cinematic soundscapes. Led by songwriter and composer Liam McCormick, The Family Crest was named NPR Music’s “Favorite New Band of 2014” and on Paste’s “Best New Bands of 2014” list for its album “Beneath the Brine.” With seven core members who perform the music in concert, and an “extended family” of over 500 collaborators, The Family Crest embodies “ambition wide enough to swallow you whole.”

After performing at Sundance and contributing music to campaigns from GoPro, Coachella and NBC, The Family Crest will be hitting the road this summer. “Seeing is believing,” explains Bob Boilen of NPR Music. “Liam McCormick is a knockout singer, you simply must hear him live…. There’s a decent chance you’re about to discover your favorite new band.”

 

BELL GARDENS – ” Take Us Away “

Posted: March 3, 2015 in MUSIC
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Bell Gardens official music video for “Take Us Away” from the album “Slow Dawns For Lost Conclusions”.

Bell Gardens combines the musical visions of Kenneth James Gibson (formerly of Furry Things, and Brian McBride (one half of Stars of the Lid) who began releasing music in 2010, beginning with an EP, “Hangups Need Company” on their own imprint Failed Better.

Their debut album Full Sundown Assembly (Southern / Burger Records) appeared in 2012 and, now signed to Rocket Girl in the UK, the band are set to release their second, “Slow Dawns for Lost Conclusions”, in October 2014.

Bell Gardens’ origins began arguably as more of an experiment than the duo’s current ‘experimental’ projects – McBride’s drone- and string-laden ambient symphonies, and Gibson’s ventures in dub and minimalist techno – as they sought to manifest their mutual reverence for folk, psychedelia and chamber pop in a traditional band structure without cannibalising any particular past genre. Bell Gardens’ sound is less reliant on effects and studio trickery than the pairs’ independent guises, laying bare as it does vocals and live instruments with emotional sincerity, and presenting songs imbued with an almost pastoral or gospel simplicity and timelessness.