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GARDENS & VILLA
When
- Thursday
- Feb. 9, 2012
Description
Having teamed up with Secretly Canadian on the label front, G&V craft new-wavey pop music, reminiscent of the 80s, complete with just-right synth tones and requisite attitude.
"After recording in Starfucker's home city of Portland, Oregon, Gardens & Villa released their debut album on Yeasayer's label Secretly Canadian, and coincidentally, Gardens & Villa sound a lot like a cross between those two groups. Similarly, Levi Hayden, Shane McKillop, Adam Rasmussen, and Chris Lynch make warm indie pop with airy falsettos and retro synths. It's a tranquil listen, even when a picnic song like the chillwavey "Orange Blossom," with its pseudo-sexy hook "Think of me like a swarm of bees/Circling around your knees/To pollinate means ecstasy," gives way into the chugging acoustics of "Thorn Castles," a jam that's brisk enough for a jog on the beach. References to the outdoors are peppered all over the album -- from "Black Hills" to "Carrizo Plain"-- and this naturalist theme, combined with the digital production, gives the record a nice sense of balance." --AllMusic.com
"After recording in Starfucker's home city of Portland, Oregon, Gardens & Villa released their debut album on Yeasayer's label Secretly Canadian, and coincidentally, Gardens & Villa sound a lot like a cross between those two groups. Similarly, Levi Hayden, Shane McKillop, Adam Rasmussen, and Chris Lynch make warm indie pop with airy falsettos and retro synths. It's a tranquil listen, even when a picnic song like the chillwavey "Orange Blossom," with its pseudo-sexy hook "Think of me like a swarm of bees/Circling around your knees/To pollinate means ecstasy," gives way into the chugging acoustics of "Thorn Castles," a jam that's brisk enough for a jog on the beach. References to the outdoors are peppered all over the album -- from "Black Hills" to "Carrizo Plain"-- and this naturalist theme, combined with the digital production, gives the record a nice sense of balance." --AllMusic.com
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Tickets
| $12.00 |
Website
Phone
415-861-2011
Where
Tags
dj , dance , art , music , social , dance club , performing art
