April 24, 2010

Owen Pallett -- FREE INSTORE

Owen Pallett - Free In-Store Performance
Monday, May 3rd - 7:00pm

Owen Pallett freaked the radar watchers when he lit the screen with his string arrangements on Arcade Fire's Funeral release (and Neon Bible, also Beirut, Last shadow Pupets, and F***ed Up). His solo work, until now released under the name Final Fantasy, finds him looping and weaving up a storm. Heartland, his latest, is an orchestral monster, designed to be played as one continuous 45 minute orchestral piece, or to be stripped down and looped for violin and voice, is a rare piece of music that works forward and backwards.

Owen is in the process of changing all his Final Fantasy stuff over to his own name and kicking this chrysalis off here at Fingerprints sounded like a good idea to everyone involved and we couldn't agree more. We're going to tell everyone who already loves Owen, and everyone who loves strings ala Funeral, to run to the phone and tell us you're coming. 562-433-4996

The rest of you; click here then run to the phone and tell us you're coming.

You've probably already run to the phone, but when you get back check out this Take Away Show from La Bogotheque for a little taste.

Fresh off an appearance at Coachella, this will be Owen's only LA area performance this time out.

Here's a little bit of press coverage:
"Hints of Kurt Weill. This stuff is rich with ideas, and they're offered in the kind of rich, warm sound that should be accessible to more fans than ever before. Those of you with the inclination to pick them up will find a lot to reward you." -Pitchfork

"Impressive in both scale and execution, Heartland succeeds not just due to Pallett's sizable talents, but his belief in his even larger ambition." - XLR8r