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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/

AM Mixtape 2010 by AMSOUNDS

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AM – Future Sons & Daughters Album Review

IndieLondon Rating: 4 Stars

http://www.indielondon.co.uk/Music-Review/am-future-sons-daughters

A 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:

1. A Complete Unknown
2. The Other Side
3. It’s Been So Long
4. Darker Days
5. Self Preservation
6. Leavenworth
7. Grand Opinion
8. Fortunate Family Tree
9. When The Dust Settles
10. Jorge Ben
11. Endings Are Beginnings

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Merch and mailing list volunteers needed for the following dates:
18 – Eugene, OR – WOW Hall

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!

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“AM displays a rare talent, juggling everything from steamy tropicalia, to acoustic ballads, to shimmering ’70′s pop.”

Future Sons & Daughters (Album Review)

Indie Exotica from AIR-approved singer-songwriter.

Born in Tulsa, raised in New Orleans and now based in LA’s hipster enclave Silverlake, AM shares the same eclectic influences and thriftstore wardrobe as fellow West Coast oddball Beck. Not a comparison to be made lightly, but his debut displays a rare talent, juggling everything from steamy tropicalia (Jore Ben) to acoustic ballads (Leavenworth) to shimmering ’70s pop (Self Preservation), all under the watchful eye of The Magnetic Fields’ Charles Newman.  With one Cuban heel already in the door thanks to a a recent UK tour with AIR, it’s only a matter of time before AM’s entry into pop’s arrival lounge.  - Paul Moody, Q Magazine, 4 STARS

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“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

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AM’s ‘Future Sons & Daughters’ is a moody and inspired album that touches on all of the New Orleans-musician’s favourite styles from baroque chamber pieces to mid-tempo country rockers. in that sense, such tracks as the atmospheric phil spector-ish number ‘the other side,’ the lead single ‘grand opinion,’ and the mellow country-rock anthem ‘fortunate family tree’ deliver on AM’s knack for quirky ’60s pop-inspired songs. similarly, the duet with Angela Correa, ‘it’s been so long,’ is pleasantly reminiscent of the classic lee hazlewood / nancy sinatra pairings. fans of introspective, classicist pop with more than a bit of wit and charm should find much to enjoy on ‘Future Sons & Daughters’.

http://www.roughtrade.com/

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Watch AM’s own KCRW Morning Becomes Eclectic performance here:
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“Local favorite AM adds a Brazilian twist to the expertly-crafted songs on his new album, Future Sons & Daughters.”- KCRW, 89.9 Los Angeles

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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

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