this is the album Ive been listening to the most these last few weeks, QUILT are from Boston described as neo mystical with good vibrations, Three part harmonies and haunting Psych pop but for me just good songs and great musicians
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QUILT – Held In Splendor | Review by George Dow
Posted: March 1, 2014 in MUSICTags: Held In Splendour, Indie, Psychedelic, Quilt
and a nice new album out as well
Quilt – Held In Splendor (Mexican Summer)
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With Held In Splendor, Boston trio Quilt modernize their early-seventies psych-pop sound with contemporary production. The influence of Revolver-era Beatles and Rumours/Tusk-era Fleetwood Mac are still readily apparent throughout but with layer upon layer of vocal effects, guitar pedals and droning loops, it is impossible to mistake Held In Splendor as anything but a thoroughly modern creation.
Across 13 tracks and 40-plus minutes there is not a down moment. “Arctic Sharks” opens the record with Anna Rochinski’s breathy vocal riding a middle-easternized, country-tinged rhythm. “Tied Up In Tides” sounds like a tripped out Abba tune with the cheese-pop trimmed off by Hammond-sounding organs. “Mary Mountain” and “Tired & Buttered” crank up the psych-rock with their fuzzed out girl/guy harmonies and tinny, distorted, clanging guitars. “I Sleep In Nature” is a 5-plus minute mind-journey that comes in waves. Warbling affected…
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QUILT – Folkadelphia Session: (Encore Appearance)
Posted: March 1, 2014 in MUSICTags: Held In Splendour, Indie, Psychedelica, Quilt
and now my favourite band this year so far check out their DAYTROTTER session
Welcome to a historic Folkadelphia Session. Before this point, we have never recorded a repeat session with any artist. Sure, they always say that they will write or call, but bands get wrapped up in being in a band, hitting that dusty road. We’re just a transitory frequency on their dial en route to another city. Truly we’d like to think that we’re the “going steady” type, but thus far we have had only “one session stands.” That all changes today. Enter Boston-based psych-rockers Quilt, officially a trio of Shane Butler, Anna Rochinski, and John Andrews, but who tour as a quartet featuring Keven Lareau on bass. They finally got us to settle down – at least for an encore session. They told us they were going out for cigarettes and would be right back, and they actually came back! Less than a year passed between our sessions…
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The Fat Angel Sings 