The cool thing about Brooklyn band Napoleon – currently our NYC artist of the month, see pic next to The Deli’s logo – is that they play a brand of dream pop that DOES NOT refer back to the usual suspects of the genre like Cocteau Twins, The Sundays or My Bloody Valentine, but rather to other dreamy musical giants like Jeff Buckley, Low, and Elliot Smith. However, their sound is overall truly their own – although admittedly single "City Girls" features Arcade Fire influences.
Check out our favorite tracks Mad (streaming below) and Sarafan (video here), and go see Napoleon live at Big Snow Buffalo Lodge on January 08. The band got an average rating of 8 out of 10, which granted them 3rd place in our Best of NYC Poll’s Psych Rock/Dream Pop open submissions. – PDG