Consisting of three keyboards and a drum machine, Au Revoir Simone seem to make something so ethereal and I want to say….elegant. Simply made of three females, their songs are very unique, almost like a whirlpool of keyboards and vocals with light beats on top. Each sound seems to be delicately recorded allows the listener to get lost in so many aspects of each song. They have a new album out called The Bird of Music but I personally love their album Verses Of Comfort, Assurance, and Salvation.
Ok. Ok. I just think they’re really original and can’t quite think of a band that comes similar to them. Anyway, follow the links and fall in love.
MP3| Au Revoir Simone – Through The Backyards Of Our Neighbors
MP3| Au Revoir Simone – Hurricanes
-Erick
Here’s a cool interview you can download, with some live performances, link here. It’s in quicktime format so just right-click and save-as.
The main indie/rock scene that gave rise to the likes of Foo Fighters to Bloc Party is deeply rooted in the US and UK and has a much higher audience world wide then any other countries. But what is starting to grab the world’s attention is the tour-de-force that is the emerging Indie scenes in places like Germany, Japan and now China. With over 1.3 billion people I guess it was only a matter of time really, but Beijing is now starting to become a central hub for China’s newly discovered rock artists. I am quite familiar with the Japanese J-Rock and J-Punk scene but this is the first time hearing about a Chinese entrance into this genre. The problem with foreign Indie bands is that their sound is often rejected from the main demographic of the genre: US/UK college kids.