Shady Bard
"Three songs" CDR
EP
self-released
Genre: indie pop, pop
August 2007 |
Shady Bard is a Birmingham-based band on
UK's Static Caravan label (Magnetophone, Tunng) who
issued this pleasant little 3-song EP before the release of their
mass-produced album. Despite being demos, these are well-produced pop
songs that wouldn't sound out of place on a label like Nettwerk. They
use piano and strings to lend their music a sense of seriousness and
urgency, which works well on Mercury Rev-esque "Treeology," the
disc's best track. "Bobby" is more folky, with a noticeable
Shearwater feel and a storytelling slant. Spiritualized-influenced
"Torch Song," meanwhile, closes the EP off in a dreamy, sparkly style
- due to its free-flowing structure, though, it doesn't seem like a
full song but rather a fragment (despite being the longest track on
here). 250 copies of this sucker were produced, with each copy adorned
with a hand-stamped tree in one of 5 colours.
shady
bard's myspace
76%
youuuuuuuutube!:
"treeology" video (weird!),
"torch song" live
Fun Fact: The science
of trees is not called treeology, but in fact dendrology.
Matt Shimmer
[Vitals: 3 tracks, 11:12, distributed by
the band,
released 2006] |
