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SHANA FALANA – ” Heavenstay “

Posted: September 20, 2015 in MUSIC
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“The quiet-loud-quiet formula has been the dynamic foundation of many a contemporary band, but Shana Falana might have perfected it.

“Set Your Lightning Fire Free” (Team Love Records), the new album from the Brooklyn duo of guitarist Shana Falana and drummer Mike Amari, certainly feels touched by ’80s and ’90s shoegaze, heavy on reverb and amber waves of feedback. However, there’s a pulse in there. The blissful “Heavenstay” wraps necks with the heavy trudge of “Go” and 4AD strains of “Shine Thru.” So many new-gaze bands attempt to hide a lack of ideas behind a wall of sound, but Falana’s voice is its own muscled instrument, which keeps the music from falling into a reverb slump.”

 

SHANA FALANA – ” Heavenstay ” and ” Go “

Posted: March 27, 2015 in MUSIC
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Shana Falana may be gearing up to release her solo debut, but the Kingston-based psych goddess is hardly new to the game. Before she packed up and moved upstate, Shana Falana was cutting her teeth in Brooklyn and on tour, constantly working on volumes of material that clutched at the hem of various genres and wavelengths. Everything from chanting with an Eastern European lilt (she sang in a Bulgarian women’s choir for a bit) to increasingly undeniable wails to heady drum fills to distortion so fuzzy it puts Jim Henson’s whole output to shame make an appearance on Set Your Lightning Fire Free, out April 7th on Team Love Records, and it’s a strong new start for the incendiary indie talent.

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Take “Go,” for example: While the latest track to be released from Set Your Lightning Fire Free hits the ear as a kaleidoscopic, trippy gem that shines as brilliantly in 2015 as it would’ve in a Berkeley drug den during the Summer of Love, there’s so much going on from start to finish that you can’t help but lose yourself in Falana’s crowing or Mike Amari’s pugilistic way with the drum kit.

SHANA FALANA – ” Heavenstay “

Posted: February 3, 2015 in CLASSIC ALBUMS, MUSIC
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Beautifully layered harmonies and droned out drums drive Shana Falana’s upcoming shoegaze-y record. Hailing from New York, she and drummer (and boyfriend,) are set to release their first full-length album, “Set Your Lightning Free”, on April 7th via Team Love Records. Although this is her debut, she previously released a collection of demo recordings titled Shana Falana Sings Herself to Sleep through an Indiegogo campaign. Ms. Falana is a magician who can make any song recorded on a phone sound amazing. I guess that’s how shoegaze works though? Is this the future? IS THIS IT? It’s weird to think that people made this type of music before the existence of smartphones. Below, we’re premiering her new clean, sparkly jam “Heavenstay” from her upcoming record–and if you’re enjoying it, be sure to check out her

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