If you dig the Postal Service sound, you may enjoy The Age of Rockets, an indie pop/electronica group that feature glitch-like beats and gentle male vocals drenched in harmony. The sophomore album Hannah contains the talents of Bess Rogers, Saul Simon-MacWilliams and Adam Christgau in addition to the original Andrew Futral, who won the John Lennon Songwriting Contest after starting The Age of Rockets in 2003. The album has a wonderful orchestrated feel, mixing strings with synthesizer and incorporating lush choral-esque "bapabahs" on songs like "Elephant & Castle" and allowing the organic grainy beats to wonderfully contrast the otherwise dreamy nature of songs like "The End of Faith." The album is a palindrome, with 5 songs on each side similar in arrangement and sound with a middle pivot song that mirrors itself as well. My favorite track is probably Avada Kedavra, which unfortunately won't be posted today, but check out their myspace and give it a listen. They got a show coming up in NYC, March 11 at the Canal Room, so if you'll be in the area, you should definitely check them out.
Saturday, January 31, 2009
The Age of Rockets
If you dig the Postal Service sound, you may enjoy The Age of Rockets, an indie pop/electronica group that feature glitch-like beats and gentle male vocals drenched in harmony. The sophomore album Hannah contains the talents of Bess Rogers, Saul Simon-MacWilliams and Adam Christgau in addition to the original Andrew Futral, who won the John Lennon Songwriting Contest after starting The Age of Rockets in 2003. The album has a wonderful orchestrated feel, mixing strings with synthesizer and incorporating lush choral-esque "bapabahs" on songs like "Elephant & Castle" and allowing the organic grainy beats to wonderfully contrast the otherwise dreamy nature of songs like "The End of Faith." The album is a palindrome, with 5 songs on each side similar in arrangement and sound with a middle pivot song that mirrors itself as well. My favorite track is probably Avada Kedavra, which unfortunately won't be posted today, but check out their myspace and give it a listen. They got a show coming up in NYC, March 11 at the Canal Room, so if you'll be in the area, you should definitely check them out.
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