Friendship’s Pete Gill, Mike Cormier, and Evangeline Krajewski forge a musical bond with Jason Calhoun (Naps), Matt Fox, and Abi Reimold as Hour. The instrumental ensemble recently shared a new LP Tiny Houses, which is available digitally as well as on limited cassette via Sleeper Records. Strolling in the crisp, cool air, the selection has a delicate intricacy. Hitting the relief valve in one’s mind, the songs quietly allow you to collect your thoughts. (Photo by Bob Sweeney)
NYC
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Bodies Be Rivers releases debut album plays C’mon Everybody on Saturday 03.03
With its first full-length album, Things I’ll Tell You When You’re Older, Brooklyn quintet Bodies Be Rivers shows itself as an entrancing force in the world of alternative rock. There’s a folk sensibility to Bodies Be Rivers’ songwriting but on the ten-track debut that’s been amplified with echoing guitars, tumbling tom drums, and lush vocal production. The slowly harmonizing voices of Lauren Smith and Summer Stephanos lead the way into slight ambience, giving an almost dreamy hue to the band’s sound, particularly on tracks like opener "None The Wiser" and the gently floating "Golden Child." To celebrate the debut, Bodies Be Rivers will play C’mon Everybody this Saturday with support from Lauren Balthrop and Caitlin Pasko. – Cameron Carr
L.A.
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L.A. Girlfriend creates a reckless ambiance of passion on “Regina”
Sydney Banta embodies everything we love about the 80s. Banta, who goes by L.A. Girlfriend, creates an illuminating and reckless ambiance of passion, female empowerment and electric pop-punk. She exemplifies all of those on her latest video for "Regina," a three-part, larger-than-life visual that is as moving as it is entertaining. Her choreography provokes the audience but her lyrics pull at your heartstrings, and I can’t stop listening.
Banta’s lyrical enlightenment has me itching for more, and as a listener, I crave storytelling through lyrics. But she doesn’t stop there – she passionately holds onto the things that make her unique, and we, as an audience, should praise her for that. And lucky you, LA Girlfriend will be playing at The Echo on April 9. Catch her if you can. Kayla Hay
New England
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Daeves cuts slack on newest album “Whatever Before The Storm”
Daeves is the indie rock project of Devon Murphy, a multi-instrumentalist songwriter hailing from Acton, MA. On his latest release, Whatever Before The Storm, Murphy wields a slacker sensibility through songs inspired by new wave folk and indie music. Murphy’s casual disposition and breathy baritone call comparisons to Mark Kozelek of Sun Kil Moon, while the album’s instrumentation (performed solely by Murphy himself) calls to mind the looseness of Pavement, with the structural know-how of Real Estate. Despite it’s unconcerned title, Whatever Before The Storm is a sturdy new release worthy of a listen. Stream the album below. -Charley Ruddell