March 13, 2008
Trespassers William And Herman Dune -- FREE INSTORE
Trespassers William And Herman Dune Free In-store Performance
Tuesday, March 18th, 7:00pm
(Free for Music Club members - RSVP Required)
We get pretty excited about getting great musicians in to visit and play music for us, so on the rare occasion that we get lucky enough to host a double header we get just a little bit past giddy. Such is the case here; we've got a return visit from the gorgeously atmospheric Trespasser's William and the rarely-on-our-shores, sharp pop styling of French duo Herman Dune. Here's a little primer on these two fine bands:
Trespassers William
Trespassers William will be freshly back from a handful of shows at Austin's SXSW festival and will be celebrating their new EP release, The Nobel House Sessions (which so far is a tour and Fingerprints only release). The band has been in the studio recording the final songs for their fourth full-length album, which is their first full-length since 2006's Dave Fridmann produced Having. Trespassers William vocalist Anna-Lynne Williams was featured on the Chemical Brothers' record Push the Button and the band has toured with some of our favorites, including Damien Rice, Explosions in the Sky, Aimee Mann, Tristeza, Morrissey and Azure Ray. Trespassers William, who called Naples home for awhile, will be freshly back from hitting a few shows at SXSW and are celebrating the release of their new EP, before heading back to Seattle to finish up the new album.
You should click the play button on their MySpace page.
Mojo Magazine said of Different Stars, "(It) is the essence of honey and molasses, of E-bowed guitar glissandos and country twang...it's all exquisitely drowsy..." while NME simply settled on "Mesmerizing".
Herman Dune
We've been hearing about Herman Dune for a couple of years now, and yet it took our friends at Everloving Records to sign them to get us off our butts and spend some time with their music - first impression: very nice, less quirky, Jonathan Richman inspired, near perfect pop. Second impression (and a quick trip to wikipedia): Herman Dune are enigmatic, quirky, prolific, they've played as the backing band for both Kimya Dawson (Moldy Peaches/Juno) and Julie Doiron (Eric's Trip/Solo), they're French, they acknowledge the Jonathan Richman thing, but prefer comparisons like Daniel Johnston, Lou Barlow, The Mountain Goats, Cat Power and The Silver Jews, and if you need a box to put them in, try Anti-Folk.
Check out their music on their myspace page (especially "I Wish I That I Could See You Soon", which Rolling Stone called one of the "best songs of 2007" and which makes at least of us at the store get goosebumps.
This event is open to Live Music Club members. Call the store for info (or to RSVP if you're already a member) at 562.433.4996, or click here to join.