Blouse - Blouse

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4...according to our Brian on Thu 17 Nov, 2011.

I'd have called this album 'Big Girls' and had done with it. Not had the pleasure of hearing this Portland OR duo before, they're much better than I thought they'd be after seeing the sleeve of their last single. I mean, imagine taking woof-face for a stroll in the park and seeing THAT deviant camping it up in the buff by the side of the path? I'd get my blunderbuss out I tell thee.....So, this is more of that electronic indie pop they have these days. The track I'm currently hearing comes in somewhere between nonchalant breathy indie bliss and ricocheting electro-noir. I think the lass has a really sweet, sad, slightly European voice and the music is chunkier and less brittle than say, Love Inks, another duo treading similar waters. Most importantly the tunes here are particularly strong, hook-laden and often quite anthemic without blanding your face completely off. It really helps that they have a slightly chugging, endearing DIY sound. Nothing is too glossy or over-done here and once again the singer Charlie really wins me over with her melancholic angel's tones to the point where I'm nearly down the travel agents to catch a plane to Oregon wearing my best stalker mac.

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Blouse is based out of a warehouse in Portland, Oregon. the project started in the summer of 2010, after LA native Charlie Hilton met Patrick Adams in Art school. They began spending nights at the warehouse recording with Jacob Portrait. After posting two demos to bandcamp, the band was picked up by Captured Tracks. their first 7" "Into Black" was released March this year on Captured Tracks, Sub Pop released their second single Shadow a few months later. Their self titled Debut will show Blouse in a new light and to a wider audience. The album is more of an unveiling as each song rolls out the map of new territory that Blouse is claiming. Hilton's powerfully alluring voice guides this experience in a dream like manner. They have hit their stride with this released, a dreamy pop hook laden album for the onset of winter.

Robert Fisher said:

So it's nothing to do with Purves Grundy? I'm not buying it then.

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