Harriet is a new Los Angeles-based band
fronted by former Dawes member Alex Casnoff. The quartet's self-released debut
EP Tell The Right Story is currently streaming in full at www.PasteMagazine.Com and
will be available for free download beginning January 31, 2012 at www.HarrietMusic.Com. In
celebration of the release, the group will headline Harvard & Stone in Los
Angeles on February 2nd for a hometown release show.
Inspired largely by classic storytelling and the spectacle
of the movies, Tell The Right Story weaves eerily romantic
ballads with unwavering anthems, and features classic elements of Americana and
folk music contrasted with futuristic electronic samples and beats.
"I wanted it to feel big... cinematic. I wanted every
song to be a movie, " said Casnoff. "I wanted it to feel like an
occasion. I wanted it to feel like a wedding."
Casnoff was formerly a member of notable Los Angeles bands
Dawes and PAPA, bands both named after grandfathers. In flipping the tradition,
Casnoff decided to name the band after his grandmother, Harriet. After touring
the country for years with his prior bands and with a growing arsenal of his
own songs, Casnoff stepped into the studio in June 2011, armed with his nicest
suit and a bottle of fine tequila, to record what would become Tell The
Right Story. The result is a striking collection of songs that draw on the
influence of classic American singer-songwriters, film, electronic music, and
Casnoff's experience as a touring musician.
"I may have seen every gas station in the country, but
the America I feel indebted to is not in the past, at least not that far. I am
a product of my time. We make music about the retro-future. Music about coping.
Anti motivational motivational music."
Harriet is Alex Casnoff, Aaron Folb (bass), Henry Kwapis
(drums), and Adam Gunther (guitar). Tell The Right Story was
produced by Sean O'Brien and recorded in Los Angeles and Sacramento.
Early Praise For Tell The Right Story...
"Hints at some of Dawes' more dynamic moments while
capturing Casnoff's own unique emotional delivery."
Paste
"Nodding to Wilco with the right touch of Queens
of the Stone Age-style grit, Harriet eloquently transform alternative rock...
elegantly ethereal and heart-wrenchingly honest. From sparsely soothing piano
passages to dreamy distorted hooks, this is the best story the indie world has
produced in a long time..."
ARTISTdirect
"... Notably cinematic in nature with pointedly
dramatic lyrics and melodies. "I Slept With All Your Mothers" is an
aching indie rock number, as heavy in parts as it is forlorn."
RCRD LBL
"Like the lovechild of Neutral Milk
Hotel and Wilco, delivered twenty years late. It's a full-bodied elixir for the
heartbreak of a crashing American Dream."
Neon Gold
Neon Gold
UPCOMING LIVE DATES
February 2, 2012 - Harvard & Stone - Los Angeles,
CA
February 5, 2012 - Bootleg Theater - Los Angeles, CA
February 20, 2012 - Bootleg Theater - Los Angeles, CA
March 3, 2012 - Hotel Cafe - Los Angeles, CA
March 14-18 - SXSW - Austin, TX
www.harrietmusic.com
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