Catch the new video for Tasseomancy
"Soft Feet"
Ulalume out tomorrow, August 30th, on
Out of This Spark!
"Soft Feet" premiered last friday at CMJ and the video is an incredible example of what the Lightman sisters, Sari and Romy, do best! They've toured the US as the backing singers in Austra and will return in November with the band and also perform as Tasseomancy as the support act throughout the entire tour. Ulalume comes out tomorrow, August 30th, on Out of This Spark, and was produced and guested on by the talented members of Timber Timbre.
"Soft Feet"
Ulalume out tomorrow, August 30th, on
Out of This Spark!
Early Press:
"On Ulalume, they offer down-tempo dirges and detailed ethereal lyrics that put this record in a sonic space somewhere between Cass McCombs latest album, Wit’s End, and Nico’s classic The Marble Index." VICE
"Tasseomancy's upcoming sophomore album, Ulalume (recorded with and produced by Timber Timbre), is dark, eerie, and a little bit off-kilter, so it becomes more intriguing the more times you press play." NYLON
"You may recognize the voices of Sari and Romy Lightman as the haunting backup singers for Toronto synth-poppers Austra. They are also the forces behind their own, equally dark but folkier group Tasseomancy." Brooklyn Vegan
"Who said psych-folk is dead? Here, we see all it’s tennets in glorious detail - gorgeous witchy women, death, lace, ghosts, bad dreams made beautiful… set to a stunning number fit for a seance. I’m in love." yvynyl
Tour Dates:
11.14.11 - Portland, OR @ Holocene
11.16.11 - Vancouver, BC @ Electric Owl
11.17.11 - Kamloops, BC @ Cactus Jack's
11.18.11 - Edmonton, AB @ Brixx
11.19.11 - Calgary, AB @ Hi Fi
11.20.11 - Lethbridge, AB @ Tongue & Groove
11.22.11 - Saskatoon, SK @ Amigo's
11.23.11 - Regina, SK @ Exchange
11.24.11 - Winnepeg, MB @ WECC
11.25.11 - Fargo, ND @ Aquarium
11.26.11 - Minneapolis, MN @ Triple Rock
11.28.11 - Chicago, IL @ Empty Bottle
11.29.11 - Detroit, MI @ Crookfoot
12.01.11 - Toronto, ON @ Phoenix
12.02.11 - Montreal, QC @ Caberet Mile End
12.03.11 - Ottawa, ON @ Ritual
12.04.11 - Waterloo, ON @ Starlight
(all dates above with Austra)
More Info:
Tasseomancy is a continuation of what was a bare bones neo-folk duo. Formerly known as Ghost Bees, Sari and Romy Lightman have found a heavier, more ambient sound, ripe with dreamy, dissonant vocals, influenced by eastern song, drone music, phonography, and myth.
"On Ulalume, they offer down-tempo dirges and detailed ethereal lyrics that put this record in a sonic space somewhere between Cass McCombs latest album, Wit’s End, and Nico’s classic The Marble Index." VICE
"Tasseomancy's upcoming sophomore album, Ulalume (recorded with and produced by Timber Timbre), is dark, eerie, and a little bit off-kilter, so it becomes more intriguing the more times you press play." NYLON
"You may recognize the voices of Sari and Romy Lightman as the haunting backup singers for Toronto synth-poppers Austra. They are also the forces behind their own, equally dark but folkier group Tasseomancy." Brooklyn Vegan
"Who said psych-folk is dead? Here, we see all it’s tennets in glorious detail - gorgeous witchy women, death, lace, ghosts, bad dreams made beautiful… set to a stunning number fit for a seance. I’m in love." yvynyl
"I'm just now getting into the whole album, but this new video for one of its tracks, "Heavy Sleep," should give you a pretty good idea of how ethereal it sounds." NPR Music
"The Lightman twins have really fined tuned how to meld their whispery, eerie harmonies into a fuller sound than what they introduced in their previous outfit, Ghost Bees. Songs like "Diana" and "The Darkness of Things" truly come across as otherworldly." BUST
"They seem to occupy a completely different universe from the one I'm living in. The songs are old-sounding, like some sort of forgotten relic from another time."Diamond Rings on his favorite new artist at Pitchfork
"The Lightman twins have really fined tuned how to meld their whispery, eerie harmonies into a fuller sound than what they introduced in their previous outfit, Ghost Bees. Songs like "Diana" and "The Darkness of Things" truly come across as otherworldly." BUST
"They seem to occupy a completely different universe from the one I'm living in. The songs are old-sounding, like some sort of forgotten relic from another time."Diamond Rings on his favorite new artist at Pitchfork
Tour Dates:
11.14.11 - Portland, OR @ Holocene
11.16.11 - Vancouver, BC @ Electric Owl
11.17.11 - Kamloops, BC @ Cactus Jack's
11.18.11 - Edmonton, AB @ Brixx
11.19.11 - Calgary, AB @ Hi Fi
11.20.11 - Lethbridge, AB @ Tongue & Groove
11.22.11 - Saskatoon, SK @ Amigo's
11.23.11 - Regina, SK @ Exchange
11.24.11 - Winnepeg, MB @ WECC
11.25.11 - Fargo, ND @ Aquarium
11.26.11 - Minneapolis, MN @ Triple Rock
11.28.11 - Chicago, IL @ Empty Bottle
11.29.11 - Detroit, MI @ Crookfoot
12.01.11 - Toronto, ON @ Phoenix
12.02.11 - Montreal, QC @ Caberet Mile End
12.03.11 - Ottawa, ON @ Ritual
12.04.11 - Waterloo, ON @ Starlight
(all dates above with Austra)
More Info:
Tasseomancy is a continuation of what was a bare bones neo-folk duo. Formerly known as Ghost Bees, Sari and Romy Lightman have found a heavier, more ambient sound, ripe with dreamy, dissonant vocals, influenced by eastern song, drone music, phonography, and myth.
The sisters return to their ancestral side with their second full-length, Ulalume, co-produced and accompanied by Taylor Kirk and Simon Trottier of Timber Timbre and influenced by the work as touring members of the electronic outfit, Austra.
Tasseomancy expands its scope to move beyond earlier acoustic arrangements, combining the rhythmic soundscapes of Popol Vuh and Comus with the dream-like state of Julee Cruise. The outcome is both terse and expansive, haunting and resonant in the manner of early soul music, with a smoke ribbon shape and full peal all its own.
Ulalume will be available on Out of This Spark on August 30th, 2011.
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