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Artist: Shortwave Dahlia
Website: www.myspace.com/shortwavedahlia
Track Name: Song For Vara
Playback: flash
Download?: No

“Shortwave Dahlia” are a cool trio form Memphis, Tennessee who manage to jam together a great pop sensibility with samples, electronics and other toys. Yes, well spotted young padawan this is the band I mentioned in last weeks piece on Goat .

Here is some stuff from the website…

Jack Alberson (voice, synths, programs, and occasional guitar) founded the group as a solo venture in 2004. With the addition of bassist Mark Simmonds shortly after the release of SD’s first fiull-length (Illuminated), the music evolved and began to accommodate influences as broad as film music, trip-hop and jazz. Guitarist and programmer Paul Blanda joined in the fall of 2006 and a strong undercurrent of ethereal rock asserted itself in the mixture.

So what makes these guys worth three minutes of your time? Well they’re fun. They rip through ideas at a great rate of knots, the sounds bring to mind The Cure and New Order meet The Church in a DIY electronics junkyard. I really love the orchestral scope of “Song For Vara” overlayed with circuit bent noises and really interesting vocals.

Basically lot of fun, you shouldn’t miss them.

There is a free download (or two) over at Last FM.

thatch is fascinated by guitars, music, guitars, production, silly noises, guitars and used to be a musician. Did I mention the thing about the guitars?
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