Dead Leaf Echo

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3...according to our Dave on Thu 02 Dec, 2010.

Shit me, I wished I'd packed my sleeping bag. Dead Leaf Echo have a really sedate sound that welcomes shoegazers but not beetle crushers. Or brothel creepers. They have a ghostly sound that envelopes your mind like a multi-tentacled fog. It's such a gentle listen is this album. It reminds me of Ride or summat. The guitars jangle and the vocals are more breathy than an asthmatic mouse with some heavy shopping. The musicianship's well professional and amazingly controlled... Hmmm maybe even considered. It oozes sophistication. I reckon they recorded this album inside a opium-filled biscuit tin. It's not going to throw uncomfortable distortion at you or experimental noise. It's consistent and ethereal. It's strength, I'd wager, comes from its languid subtlety and determination to never go above 4 mph. If it was a cup of coffee it would be decaffeinated.

Introducing Brooklyn-based Nouveau Romantics Dead Leaf Echo.
After previous experiments in high-art on Pale Fire,
featuring the epic title track mixed by Ulrich Schnass,
Dead Leaf Echo has teamed up with John Fryer of 4AD fame
to mix their latest evocative release Truth.

On Truth, Dead Leaf Echo reaches new heights,
exploring greater depths with 7 songs of pure devotion.

Press for Dead Leaf Echo

Time Out NY
Some of the best live music in the city.

The DeliNYC
A post-Romantic approach to music, fashion, even New York City itself...is the kind of wisdom Robert
Smith masterfully conjured in his prime...

The Huffington Post
Resonates like a glass of old-school absinthe.

The L Magazine
We like Dead Leaf Echo's dreamy, shoegazing, indie-pop.

The Sound of Indie
Is every bit as good as any of the other currently hyped shoegaze bands like Film School or Amusement Parks on Fire.

Losing Today
A bliss driven slice of ethereal elegance.
Surfing on Steam
Reminisces in Cocteau Twins etherealism.

Beat Crave
Creates a sinful surrealism.

Resonator Mag
These songs swirl, swell and cohere together in a foggy mist.

Here Comes the Flood
For those still craving the glory days of 4AD.

First Coast News
The band makes songs that are so ethereal and delicately noisy that human comprehension just might be too much to ask for.

Jenky.com
I bet Phil Spector in all his deranged glory never imagined a wall of sound quite as massive and tidal as the one that these guys construct.

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