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05/15/10 Brudenell Social Club* Leeds, GB
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05/16/10 ABC2* Glasgow, GB 05/17/10 Deaf Institute* Manchester, GB 05/18/10 Trinity Arts Center* Bristol, GB 05/19/10 Union Chapel* London, GB 05/20/10 Komedia* Brighton, GB 05/21/10 Glazart* Paris, FR * with Your Heart Breaks |
Man, I really, really, really, love Kimya Dawson's voice. She has this quality that can only be describe as a bit nerdy, friendly, optimistic, and twee.
Dawson needs no introduction, she's been well-established in the Anti-Folk scene and had a bit of a boost from being in Moldy Peaches (and subsequently in the movie Juno).
Her latest project is The Bundles, basically a collaboration between Dawson and Jeffrey Lewis. Although their album was just released last month on K Records, their secret origin lies in early 2001 when Dawson met Lewis and ultimately asked him to tour with Dawson (then-solo artist) throughout Germany. Lewis was supporting Dawson with his unimaginative-named band, the Jeffrey Lewis Band.
Much of The Bundles' self-titled album features the boy-girl melodies that you'd find on twee bands. It's very cute and you can't help but fall a little in love with them. Sometime the constant boy and girl lyrics comes off as a bit like an argument (like on "Klutter"), but most of the time they feel like dialogs in a good play.
The Bundles seems to me like a silly, fun band. Especially on "Shamrock Glamrock" where I ROFLCOPTER on hearing, "Leprechaun rock on, rock on". That's why I wasn't really keen on final song, "Be Yourself", which basically is the "I love you" song. Seems kind too "serious" to me, but what do I know? The rest of the album is A+ to me. If you've ever liked Moldy Peaches or cute twee bands, you'd love The Bundles.
Currently, K Records is selling a white vinyl of The Bundles Record. Ironically, there's no special "bundle" with the purchase.
Also, I wanted to mention that K is introducing their Singles Z-Pak subscription. It's basically a modernized singles club. Instead of a monthly 7" mailed to you for a year, you get new music every week via electronic mail (or via browser). They promised no "dad rock", so look for new music from Mirah, Chain & the Gang, LAKE, Karl Blau, the Hive Dwellers, Adrian Orange, Strange Boys, Jeremy Jay.... Basically this is a really good way for you to discover all the artists that I already love.
From my understanding is that you get at least two songs in a zipped file. That's over 100 songs, for 50 weeks. On top of that, there's bonus remixes and "documents", which should be interesting to see how that turns out. The Singles Z-Pak starts July 1st, 2010, and as a special introductory price before May 31st, it's $45 - plus you get a $3 coupon.
Dawson needs no introduction, she's been well-established in the Anti-Folk scene and had a bit of a boost from being in Moldy Peaches (and subsequently in the movie Juno).
Her latest project is The Bundles, basically a collaboration between Dawson and Jeffrey Lewis. Although their album was just released last month on K Records, their secret origin lies in early 2001 when Dawson met Lewis and ultimately asked him to tour with Dawson (then-solo artist) throughout Germany. Lewis was supporting Dawson with his unimaginative-named band, the Jeffrey Lewis Band.
Much of The Bundles' self-titled album features the boy-girl melodies that you'd find on twee bands. It's very cute and you can't help but fall a little in love with them. Sometime the constant boy and girl lyrics comes off as a bit like an argument (like on "Klutter"), but most of the time they feel like dialogs in a good play.
The Bundles seems to me like a silly, fun band. Especially on "Shamrock Glamrock" where I ROFLCOPTER on hearing, "Leprechaun rock on, rock on". That's why I wasn't really keen on final song, "Be Yourself", which basically is the "I love you" song. Seems kind too "serious" to me, but what do I know? The rest of the album is A+ to me. If you've ever liked Moldy Peaches or cute twee bands, you'd love The Bundles.
Currently, K Records is selling a white vinyl of The Bundles Record. Ironically, there's no special "bundle" with the purchase.
Also, I wanted to mention that K is introducing their Singles Z-Pak subscription. It's basically a modernized singles club. Instead of a monthly 7" mailed to you for a year, you get new music every week via electronic mail (or via browser). They promised no "dad rock", so look for new music from Mirah, Chain & the Gang, LAKE, Karl Blau, the Hive Dwellers, Adrian Orange, Strange Boys, Jeremy Jay.... Basically this is a really good way for you to discover all the artists that I already love.
From my understanding is that you get at least two songs in a zipped file. That's over 100 songs, for 50 weeks. On top of that, there's bonus remixes and "documents", which should be interesting to see how that turns out. The Singles Z-Pak starts July 1st, 2010, and as a special introductory price before May 31st, it's $45 - plus you get a $3 coupon.
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