Tuesday, August 17, 2004
Pastoral Pop Makes a Comeback
I think you all should give this band Electrelane a serious listen. They are playing at Cafe' du Nord on Sept 20th 2004, next month. I am interested in sharing this song Gone Under Sea which is a great example of modern pastoral pop with an electro vibe. The earlier incarnations of such music included bands like Forest. The band was producing music from 1969-1970 with members Martin Welham, Derek Allenby, and Hadrian Welham. Their music is sort of renissance, fantasy, chamber pop. Although it is more acoustic hippi and less electric, I think it does mark some of the roots of current pastoral popish bands like Electrelane and Belle and Sebastian.
Electrelane, with the track Gone Under Sea and the chorus of "Ave Marias" as well as the choral hymns on The Valleys takes the non secular approach to secular music. They manage to infuse mystery and reverence into delicate and moving music. Brighton, England's Electrelane formed in 1998, eventually comprising guitarist Mia Clarke, bassist Rachel Dalley, drummer Emma Gaze, and keyboardist/guitarist Verity Susman. My, how I love the English!
I think you all should give this band Electrelane a serious listen. They are playing at Cafe' du Nord on Sept 20th 2004, next month. I am interested in sharing this song Gone Under Sea which is a great example of modern pastoral pop with an electro vibe. The earlier incarnations of such music included bands like Forest. The band was producing music from 1969-1970 with members Martin Welham, Derek Allenby, and Hadrian Welham. Their music is sort of renissance, fantasy, chamber pop. Although it is more acoustic hippi and less electric, I think it does mark some of the roots of current pastoral popish bands like Electrelane and Belle and Sebastian.
Electrelane, with the track Gone Under Sea and the chorus of "Ave Marias" as well as the choral hymns on The Valleys takes the non secular approach to secular music. They manage to infuse mystery and reverence into delicate and moving music. Brighton, England's Electrelane formed in 1998, eventually comprising guitarist Mia Clarke, bassist Rachel Dalley, drummer Emma Gaze, and keyboardist/guitarist Verity Susman. My, how I love the English!
// posted by niki @ 10:19 AM
