15-10-2012, 12:57
(This post was last modified: 15-10-2012, 16:58 by Music Head.)
online listen
nice full band sound on this one
sort of Arcade Fireish in that respect
makes my wish list
stupid video as usual
1.7 from me and a converted 1.8 from the pros at allmusic
from the album - Locked Out
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hjYlQ4HYeOw
released Oct 9th, 2012
![[Image: 220px-DiluviaFLW.jpg]](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/b4/DiluviaFLW.jpg/220px-DiluviaFLW.jpg)
Bio - from allmusic
The handclapping indie pop of Freelance Whales was born on the streets and subways of New York City after the band's
formation in Queens at the end of 2008. After amassing a collection of miscellaneous instruments, including a
harmonium and waterphone, frontman Judah Dadone enlisted the help of fellow musicians Kevin Read, Doris Cellar, Jake
Hyman, and Chuck Criss to realize his D.I.Y.-sounding, folk-inspired pop songs. To perfect its sound, the band took
to the streets busking and playing at various venues in and around New York City, including Staten Island's Farm
Colony. At the beginning of 2009 and with a collection of songs written, they set about recording their debut,
Weathervanes. The self-released album picked up favorable reviews on various Internet blogs with the band being
compared to Arcade Fire -- mainly for its use of unusual instruments -- and Sufjan Stevens. In September 2009 they
signed a deal with Frenchkiss Records to release Weathervanes internationally in 2010. The band's sophomore outing,
Diluvia, followed in 2012.
Album Review - from allmusic
Diluvia, the second studio outing from Queens-based indie pop quintet Freelance Whales, is, according to the press
release, "a record about the possible survival -- or peril -- of space-faring humans and other arguably fantastical
scenarios." The band takes that statement quite literally, offering up 11 bubbly, sci-fi/philosophical confections
that willfully blend the shimmery, electro-chamber pop of Jónsi, the bookish preciousness of Sufjan Stevens, and the
cleverly disguised Top 40 yearnings of Passion Pit into the musical equivalent of a Japanese role-playing game.
2010's Weathervanes played fast and loose with traditional indie folk trappings like banjo and glockenspiel,
augmenting those instruments' urban hominess with crystalline synth loops and kitchen sink percussion, a tactic
that's been both honed and magnified on the deliriously effervescent Diluvia. More meticulously crafted and lovingly
produced than its predecessor, Diluvia's biggest problem is that if stripped of its confectionary arrangements, it
would be nearly impossible to tell one song from the other. Taken in short neon bursts the album delivers, with
tracks like "Locked Out," "Aeolus," and "Spitting Image," the latter of which is one of two tracks to feature lead
vocals from the band's lone female member, Doris Cellar, leading the charge, but as a meal, it's weighed down by too
many similar courses, all of them trying to simply skate by on their good-natured, cyber-bohemian verve. If
anything, Diluvia offers up a perfectly rendered snapshot of the cresting East Coast indie pop scene, conjuring up
images of nomadic laptop studios, vintage bicycles, endless stacks of tattered Tor paperbacks, and heavily tattooed,
non-smoking urbanites noshing on locally grown produce.
Track Listing
1. Aeolus
2. Land Features
3. Follow Through
4. Spitting Image
5. Locked Out
6. Dig Into Waves
7. Red Star
8. Winter Seeds
9. The Nothing
10. DNA Bank 1
11. Emergency Exit
nice full band sound on this one
sort of Arcade Fireish in that respect
makes my wish list
stupid video as usual
1.7 from me and a converted 1.8 from the pros at allmusic
from the album - Locked Out
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hjYlQ4HYeOw
released Oct 9th, 2012
Bio - from allmusic
The handclapping indie pop of Freelance Whales was born on the streets and subways of New York City after the band's
formation in Queens at the end of 2008. After amassing a collection of miscellaneous instruments, including a
harmonium and waterphone, frontman Judah Dadone enlisted the help of fellow musicians Kevin Read, Doris Cellar, Jake
Hyman, and Chuck Criss to realize his D.I.Y.-sounding, folk-inspired pop songs. To perfect its sound, the band took
to the streets busking and playing at various venues in and around New York City, including Staten Island's Farm
Colony. At the beginning of 2009 and with a collection of songs written, they set about recording their debut,
Weathervanes. The self-released album picked up favorable reviews on various Internet blogs with the band being
compared to Arcade Fire -- mainly for its use of unusual instruments -- and Sufjan Stevens. In September 2009 they
signed a deal with Frenchkiss Records to release Weathervanes internationally in 2010. The band's sophomore outing,
Diluvia, followed in 2012.
Album Review - from allmusic
Diluvia, the second studio outing from Queens-based indie pop quintet Freelance Whales, is, according to the press
release, "a record about the possible survival -- or peril -- of space-faring humans and other arguably fantastical
scenarios." The band takes that statement quite literally, offering up 11 bubbly, sci-fi/philosophical confections
that willfully blend the shimmery, electro-chamber pop of Jónsi, the bookish preciousness of Sufjan Stevens, and the
cleverly disguised Top 40 yearnings of Passion Pit into the musical equivalent of a Japanese role-playing game.
2010's Weathervanes played fast and loose with traditional indie folk trappings like banjo and glockenspiel,
augmenting those instruments' urban hominess with crystalline synth loops and kitchen sink percussion, a tactic
that's been both honed and magnified on the deliriously effervescent Diluvia. More meticulously crafted and lovingly
produced than its predecessor, Diluvia's biggest problem is that if stripped of its confectionary arrangements, it
would be nearly impossible to tell one song from the other. Taken in short neon bursts the album delivers, with
tracks like "Locked Out," "Aeolus," and "Spitting Image," the latter of which is one of two tracks to feature lead
vocals from the band's lone female member, Doris Cellar, leading the charge, but as a meal, it's weighed down by too
many similar courses, all of them trying to simply skate by on their good-natured, cyber-bohemian verve. If
anything, Diluvia offers up a perfectly rendered snapshot of the cresting East Coast indie pop scene, conjuring up
images of nomadic laptop studios, vintage bicycles, endless stacks of tattered Tor paperbacks, and heavily tattooed,
non-smoking urbanites noshing on locally grown produce.
Track Listing
1. Aeolus
2. Land Features
3. Follow Through
4. Spitting Image
5. Locked Out
6. Dig Into Waves
7. Red Star
8. Winter Seeds
9. The Nothing
10. DNA Bank 1
11. Emergency Exit
