We had the opportunity to enjoy Celestial Shore‘s geeky pop madness live when they opened for Ava Luna during the launch party of our Winter 2012 issue about one year ago. The band operates along disorientating lines, juxtaposing gorgeous harmonies reminiscent of The Beach Boys’ "Pet Sounds" to inconceivable bursts of baroque math-prog madness. The streaming single "Valerie" – from the band upcoming album, to be released in April – is yet another example of this band’s quirky talent, and almost matches their masterpiece track, "Pals" – hopefully also to be included in the upcoming release. Celestial Shores’ quirky pop – as long as the crazyness doesn’t get out of hand – is one of the best new expression of a fun avant-pop genre that has been flourishing among nonconfirmist college students since the late 80s, and that has in Ween, They Might Be Giants and Beck its most illustrious predecessors. Don’t miss their show at 285 Kent on February 24.
We added this song to The Deli curated Soundcloud playlist of Best NYC songs by emerging NYC artists – check it out!