The Oedipus Project
Last year Christopher Owens abandoned his formidable band Girls.
The lead singer and songwriter is now front and center as a solo artist.
The gentle “Here We Go” enhanced with flute contains a musical theme heard throughout his debut album Lysandre.
Last year we spotlighted the Girls EP Broken Dreams Club.
The second full-length Girls album, Father Son, Holy Ghost is due in September.
This San Francisco duo is now a full band and they have given us a free song from the forthcoming album.
It’s a long slow-building heartbreak love song with the unlikely title “Vomit” and a sound reminiscent of Pink Floyd. Yes, Free Vomit.
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Girls is an indie band out of San Francisco lead by Christopher Owens and Chet “JR” White. Their debut album, Album, was one of last year’s best indie records. They have now followed it with a 6-song EP, Broken Dreams Club.
In Christopher’s own words: “A friend of mine once told me that all great art is inspiration and then just a lot of hard work. He’s a famous artist and used to say this to people who would ask him for the secret to his success. As a band we’ve come to learn that this is true. We’ve been welcomed with open arms by so many of you over the last year or so that in turn we’ve spent all our time fulfilling invitations to play live everywhere around the world. Each time we thought we should give it a rest we would get another offer we just couldn’t refuse – who wouldn’t want to go to Japan and play with The Smashing Pumpkins, or Julian Casablancas in the south of France?
It’s true that when you give love you will receive love and it was only because of the love that we’ve received from our fans that we have been able to drastically improve the quality of our work. This record is a letter of intent, it’s a snapshot of the horizon. We took the money we’ve made on tour and worked with the kind of equipment and musicians that would have been too expensive for us in the past. All of us have something to say and give and this is what happens when we show a little interest and support in others. We couldn’t have made this record without you. So this is our gift to you, our way of saying thank you for giving us the chance to work at the level we’ve always wanted to and a taste of things to come.
We really couldn’t have done this record without each one of you. This isn’t Girls all grown up, but it’s certainly the next step up from Album. This is Broken Dreams Club – a record from our hearts to yours.
This is your new record as much as ours. Thank you for this opportunity and as always, thank you for listening.”
From the EP, “Heartbreaker” is a free download and the Song of the Day.
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“Heartbreaker” by Girls
The married duo Mates of State (Kori Gardner and Jason Hammel) from Lawrence, Kansas, have released Crushes (The Covers Mixtape), songs of an eclectic group of artists including Belle & Sebastian, Tom Waits, Nick Cave, Fleetwood Mac and The Mars Volta among others. On their website Mates of State are offering a free download of “Laura” by Girls. We feature it here along with the original as the Song of the Day.
Mates of State-“Laura”
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Girls-“Laura”
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