Thursday, July 10, 2014

Amoureux premiere "Lost the Plot" on PopMatters; debut EP out 7/29


Avant-pop duo Amoureux release new single from Never Young As Tonight EP

Listen: Amoureux - "Lost the Plot"
"a slice of bass-heavy, hazy pop" PopMatters
Formed under the dark shadowy sway of LA palm trees, Amoureuxis a bewitching female-led avant-rock duo, whose deconstructed polyrhythms conjure the likes of Fugazi and Talking Heads, married to the synth-pop punk spirit of New Order, Berlin, and Roxy Music.
Amoureux begins as a euphonic love story between bassist Holiday J and drummer Nicole Turley. Both women were dancers in previous lives, and because of this, understand the grandeur of rhythm and movement in human connection. With their debut EP Never Young As Tonight, Nicole and Holiday J decided on an unconventional approach; writing all songs on the instruments closest to their hearts – bass and drums (forever!).
Holiday J notes, “With the current climate of music being so sterile and over produced, we decided to capture everything on the cusp of instant creativity. Everything was done in one take, with the exception of a few vocals… We wanted to impart what naturally came out of us, without too much polishing. The idea of beauty in the cracks in between.”

Never Young As Tonight combines elements of post-punk, angular tropical rhythms and elegant, minimalist pop. Dual female vocal harmonies fused with funky bass hooks, tribal jazz drums, lo-fi synths, gypsy violins, and R&B sax makes this a debut with seductively raw pop sensibility.
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"songs that edge on tribal and raw sounding, with a minimal approach that strips things to their basics." - Dublab

"romantic, hazy dream-pop" - PopMatters

"haunting and tribal, though not necessarily derivative of any tribe you’ve encountered before."
Buzzbands.LA

 "recalls the minimalist pop of the '80s (think Ultravox meets The Slits) while still keeping the music firmly grounded in the present."
Nooga.com

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