"Carousels aren’t exactly known for a strong association with great music, unless of course you’re a fan of barrel organs playing waltzes. I’m not. Other than kinetosis, they conjure up thoughts of Logan’s Run and American Gods - not bad, but again not necessarily all that relevant to auditory joy. Carrousel (sic - they spell it French-style) do at times lapse into a touch of “Oom-Pah-Pah” 6/8, but it’s done with folky charm rather than fairground shtick.
Based out of Tallahassee, Florida, the two-piece (Joel Piedt and Brad Harris Fant) describe their sound as dream-pop/folk. I didn’t buy the label at first, but I’m coming around to it. This Mortal Coil they are not, but there is a slight slow-and-spacey bent to their music; you could pick it out as dream-pop songs played with folk instrumentation. Well, there’s a caveat: the title(-ish) track, “Darling, You’re So Mean To Me”, of their debut EP, “Darling”, is straight up not dream-pop. There might only be two of them in the band, but it sounds like they roped in half the town to sing along and bang pots and whatnot for it. Maybe they just overdubbed it a lot, but I doubt it.
The other two tracks, rather enigmatically titled “14″ and “(15)”, fit the label a little better. They sit somewhere between whimsy and wistfulness, and are pitched perfectly to bring out the excellent vocals. The swooping verse melody of “14″ is especially good; one of the best I’ve heard in a while. My only real complaint about the EP is that at just three tracks, I was very much left wanting more (Where, out of interest, are “1″ to “13″?). Considering the brevity, though, they cram in an impressive amount of development in tempo and style – you get a good sense of their potential, and it’s the sort of potential that makes you very excited for an LP.
And wouldn’t you know it, they have one in the works; keeping with the French theme, it’s provisionally titled “27 Rue De Mi’chelle”. You can download the whole of “Darling” below, which should serve as ample evidence that you really need to keep your eyes out for that when it drops. You can also check out the video to “14″ – it might not seem impressive at first, but about a third in you might find yourself feeling a little trippy. I guess Carrousel live up to their name after all." (Found: listenbeforeyoubuy.net)
Based out of Tallahassee, Florida, the two-piece (Joel Piedt and Brad Harris Fant) describe their sound as dream-pop/folk. I didn’t buy the label at first, but I’m coming around to it. This Mortal Coil they are not, but there is a slight slow-and-spacey bent to their music; you could pick it out as dream-pop songs played with folk instrumentation. Well, there’s a caveat: the title(-ish) track, “Darling, You’re So Mean To Me”, of their debut EP, “Darling”, is straight up not dream-pop. There might only be two of them in the band, but it sounds like they roped in half the town to sing along and bang pots and whatnot for it. Maybe they just overdubbed it a lot, but I doubt it.
The other two tracks, rather enigmatically titled “14″ and “(15)”, fit the label a little better. They sit somewhere between whimsy and wistfulness, and are pitched perfectly to bring out the excellent vocals. The swooping verse melody of “14″ is especially good; one of the best I’ve heard in a while. My only real complaint about the EP is that at just three tracks, I was very much left wanting more (Where, out of interest, are “1″ to “13″?). Considering the brevity, though, they cram in an impressive amount of development in tempo and style – you get a good sense of their potential, and it’s the sort of potential that makes you very excited for an LP.
And wouldn’t you know it, they have one in the works; keeping with the French theme, it’s provisionally titled “27 Rue De Mi’chelle”. You can download the whole of “Darling” below, which should serve as ample evidence that you really need to keep your eyes out for that when it drops. You can also check out the video to “14″ – it might not seem impressive at first, but about a third in you might find yourself feeling a little trippy. I guess Carrousel live up to their name after all." (Found: listenbeforeyoubuy.net)
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