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End Of Summer Anthem01.09.2010 09:16 0 “Flanked with cosmic synthesizers, horns, and even that hard-to-place sound of the afuche-cabasa, the Los Amarito remix to L.A. implant AM’s “Self Preservation” provides that sonic summer cool for the eardrums that goes down like fresh carbonation in a cottony-mouth. ” -Green Shoelace Make sure you download this free remix before it goes away. Un Mixtape* AM sacó un discazo ayer llamado ‘Future Sons & Daughters’. AM, además, ha colgado un mixtape con varias de las canciones que le han influenciado para la realización del álbum ‘Future Sons & Daughters’, que sale esta semana en Naim Recordings. Podéis escucharla aquí. Y como en la revista www.indielondon.co.uk dicen: “Una colección de canciones de pop futuro que hacen un guiño al pop, al rock, al soul, a la psicodelia de los 60 de la bahía y a las soleadas melodías de la costa Oeste. Realmente gratificante escuchar la llegada [tardía] de un gran talento de EE.UU.” Y para muestra el primer single, titulado “Self Preservation” en la remezcla realizada por Los Amparito Special thank you to http://weblog.evasee.com/2010/09/01/am-the-new-album/comment-page-1/#comment-27354 and http://neverenoughnotes.co.uk/wordpress/2010/09/am-future-sons-daughters-mixtape/
4 STARS Indie London Review
“…compared with the likes of The Beach Boys, Beck, My Morning Jacket and Paul McCartney.”- Jack Foley, IndieLondon
AM – Future Sons & Daughters Album ReviewA collection of future pop songs that nod to pop, rock, steamy soul, ’60s Bay Area psychedelia and West Coast sunshine melodies, it’s a really great listen that showcases the [belated] arrival of a major US talent. The lead single, Self Preservation, was an instant IndieLondon single of the week upon hearing it… a swinging, ‘60s pop-infused collection of classic riffs, handclap beats and slinky melodies. AM’s vocals were great (supremely laidback), while the chorus was a perfectly honed little gem that married retro values with one of the really great guitar riffs. But it’s just one of many highlights on an album that variously can be compared with the likes of The Beach Boys, Beck, My Morning Jacket and Paul McCartney. Album opener A Complete Unknown lays the foundations perfectly, combining some slinky organ chords with a great future folk acoustic guitar vibe, and some Californian surfin’ guitar licks that The Drums would be proud of. Better still, though, is the mandolin fed The Other Side, a breezy delight that really sets a chilled out groove of effortless appeal. The even more blissful psychedelic It’s Been So Long features a delicious mix of boy-girl vocals that’s strangely reassuring (given the lyrics, “it doesn’t matter still”), while Darker Days another seamless blend of soul and R’n’B influences that showcases another side to AM. Thereafter, Grand Opinion drops another great chorus that’s vaguely psychedelic again, and certainly ripe for a West Coast driving accompaniment, while Fortunate Family Tree thrives on another surf rock intro that gives way to some more chilled acoustics. Of note, too, are the similarly chilled folk pop of When The Dust Settles, the trippy Jorge Ben and the pensive album closer, Endings Are Beginnings, which weaves a sombre piano arrangement around some soul-searching lyrics. For those that want to find out more, AM is an American through and through, having been born in Oklahoma, raised in New Orleans, and currently making a home in LA. That said, his musical influences range far and wide, a point he’s quick to attribute to the successful contribution of his band on the album. “They really delivered on this album,” he says. “Before we got together to go over the songs I made everyone in the band a hand-picked playlist of everything I had been digging on in the last year: obscure Italian soundtracks and Brazilian music, psychedelic Turkish folk, deep cut soul and groove.” Trust us, you’re going to want to buy Future Sons & Daughters so that it can enrich your life!! Download picks: A Complete Unknown, The Other Side, Self Preservation, Grand Opinion, Endings Are Beginnings Track listing:
ClapThe sculptor produces the beautiful statue by chipping away such parts of the marble block as are not needed – it is a process of elimination. ~Elbert Hubbard HELP THE BANDVolunteers are needed for AM’s upcoming tour! Help out at a show in your area and get in FREE Merch and mailing list volunteers needed for the following dates: 19 – San Francisco, CA – The Regency Ballroom 20 – San Luis Obispo, CA – Downtown Brew 21 – Santa Cruz, CA – Rio Theatre 22 – Los Angeles, CA – The Wiltern 23 – Tucson, AZ – Rialto Theatre 24 – Albuquerque, NM – Sunshine Theater 25 – Lubbock, TX – Jake’s 26 – Tulsa, OK – The Marquee 27 – Austin, TX – Stubb’s 28 – Dallas, TX – House of Blues PLEASE email am@visionworksmusic.com for more information and to sign up! ClapReduce the complexity of life by eliminating the needless wants of life, and the labors of life reduce themselves. ~Edwin Way Teale Test pressing is here!Just listened to the test pressing of Future Sons & Daughters on vinyl and it sounded amazing! The full artwork copies should be coming in late August…and then mailed out to all of you who ordered one. Thanks for being patient!
What They Say- UKFuture Sons & Daughters Album Review “With the first good weather we’ve had in days comes this pretty little record. Only a fraction over a half hour long, it’s short, sweet and unpretentious. At the moment, I’ve seen a raft of new west coast psych- meets Americana bands, and I’m fucking delighted, because as long as the output is as good as this, I’ve something to listen to as long as the weather holds. In terms of sound, it reminds me a little of Luther Russell, but instrumentally takes more of a Darker My Love style dark psych approach… Personally, my favourite track on here is ‘The Other Side’, which lilts its way along, gently adding in dynamic shifts here and there- some vocal harmonies, a guitar melody line, that pass through the piece almost (but not quite) unnoticed. Special mention goes to the charming boy girl vocals on ‘It’s Been So Long’, but for the most part, the songs are of such a consistent quality that there’s not really a bad song on here. Consistency really is a virtue that’s increasingly being lost as the album as a format, as a medium, evolves with the times- this is an album in the classic sense, a body of work, well thought-out and coherent.” – High Voltage UK ClapWe don’t need to increase our goods nearly as much as we need to scale down our wants. Not wanting something is as good as possessing it. ~Donald Horban What They Say In The UKQUOTES:
“AM’s cerebral rumination on life channels Beach boys-esque pop noir and Beck’s genre-hopping”
- Q Magazine Top 50 Essential Songs to Download: AM’s Self Preservation named #16 ” ‘Darker Days’ bossa shuffle and symphonic soul strings and ‘Jorge Ben’s’ namecheck of the tropicalia hero hint at a wider alchemy” PARTIAL LIST OF CONFIRMED UK PRESS: “‘…Self Preservation‘ is AM capturing the essence of 60′s psychedelic pop. This artist from New Orleans is unique and exciting: he hasn’t tried to fit in with the conventional by creating yet another indistinguishable indie song.”- Never Enough Notes
“Self Preservation is the brilliant UK debut single from psychedelic rocker AM. Sunshine melodies and intriguing, yet at times despairing lyrics make for a fantastic UK debut single, sure to catch the attention of music fans all over the country.”- Josh Dalton // Ganymede, Crack In The Road, UK “Self Preservation kicks off and instantly we are intrigued as the smooth sound of AM’s music slowly gets to you. There are undertones of Echo And The Bunnyman or even Gorillaz for that matter it’s a strange and yet hypnotic combination.”- Entertainment Focus UK
“Self Preservation Top 10 Downloads of the Week”- Editors Pick, Shout4Music
“Sunshine drenched feel good strummer from the U.S.”- Top 20 on UK’s DMC Zzub Charts (Dance Music Review)
“Ironically enough, it takes a lot of effort for something to sound truly effortless, and Tulsa born, New Orleans raised artist AM has pulled it off spectacularly on his Debut UK single, Self Preservation.”- Will Howard, AAA Music UK
ClapBe content with what you have, rejoice in the way things are. When you realize there is nothing lacking, the whole world belongs to you. ~Lao Tzu What They Say UK AM – Self Preservation
“Ironically enough, it takes a lot of effort for something to sound truly effortless, and Tulsa born, New Orleans raised artist AM has pulled it off spectacularly on his Debut UK single, Self Preservation.”- Will Howard, AAA Music UK What They Say- UKSINGLE REVIEW FOR SELF PRESERVATION: Never Enough Notes Taken from forthcoming album ‘Future Sons & Daughters’, ‘Self Preservation‘ is AM capturing the essence of 60?s psychedelic pop. The clap-along light hearted verses and the innocence of simple guitars and tambourines allow clear comparisons to be drawn from the era which gave us the likes of The Kinks and The Beatles.
However ‘Self Preservation‘ is not only recapturing the past, it is teaming a vintage sound with the new modern day wave of indie that so many artists seem to be doing so well. The song is a union of genres and a chance to showcase the bands that influenced AM. This artist from New Orleans is unique and exciting: he hasn’t tried to fit in with the conventional by creating yet another indistinguishable indie song. Instead he has reminded us that songs don’t have to have climactic moments to be enjoyable. At no point do you feel that Self Preservation has become dull and boring; it remains laid back, simply gliding along showing us what bands used to sound like. ClapIf you cultivate a healthy poverty and simplicity, so that finding a penny will literally make your day, then, since the world is in fact planted in pennies, you have with your poverty bought a lifetime of days. ~Annie Dillard #12 in the UK- Self Preservation (Los Amparito Remix)AM’s Self Preservation (Los Amparito Remix) is #12 on the UK Zzub Charts! Click here: http://hypem.com/#/search/self%20preservation%20%28Los%20Amparito%20Remix%29/1/
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ClapSimplicity, simplicity, simplicity! I say, let your affairs be as two or three, and not a hundred or a thousand instead of a million count half a dozen, and keep your accounts on your thumb-nail. ~Henry David Thoreau KPSU Portland- AMListen to the new AM remix Self Preservation (Los Amparito Remix) at www.myspace.com/amsounds A Sly Declaration playlist for 07/17/2010 Tallest Trees Alouette! |
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