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Visiter, by The Dodos (CD on Wichita)

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Format: CD
Label: Wichita
Price: £10.99
Catalogue number: WEBB170CD
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Rating: ecstatic This record left our BRIAN D feeling ecstatic.

It's a real goodie for albums this week. 'Visiter' by The Dodos is just marvellous. The main thing I glean from their music is that priceless feel of wild abandon that Department of Eagles gave me (these guys ain't so madly eclectic though) Billed as psychedelic folk, they're much more than that pigeonhole suggests. This album is flightly & warm sounding, the acoustics wrapping themselves round your head & heart, once again I must state that this is widescreen music. Meric Long and Logan Kroeber make a riproaring, vital noise that is much more than the sum of it's parts. if the Animal Collective dropped the Beach Boys obsession and wrote strummy hyper-pop with rudimentary percussion ala Violent Femmes they'd sound like this. 'Visiter' is packed with very bird-like music, swooping, soaring & free. The vocals are soothing, sing-song and pure. Occasional electric instruments such as guitar occasionally come to visit briefly but on the whole this is fast paced foot stomping soul music that I find riveting & delightful! There are some slower folksy moments but some of this is as rousing as Beirut, maybe less mournful, more celebratory. An absolute diamond of a record that provides real hope for 2008, one of the best years for new music I can recall! Wichita are responsible, hurrah!

What the label says:

TRACKLISTING: Walking // Red and Purple // Eyelids // Fools // Joe’s Waltz // Winter // It’s That Time Again // Paint the Rust // Park Song // Jody // Ashley // The Season // Undeclared // God?

OVERVIEW: Pitchfork best New Music - 8.5 "one of the most welcoming (and welcome) records of 2008 so far"
Alternative Press 4/5  "Pretty awesome, seriously"
Myspace.com - Featured Artist Of The Week (TWICE)
NY Times - Pick Of SXSW
NME - # 3 in top 10 bands of SXSW

Visiter is the debut album by San Francisco psychedelic folk pop duo, The Dodos.  Swiftly picked up by Wichita recordings after an exhilarating string of SXSW dates, the band will arrive in the UK this May.  Les Savy Fav arrived in February raving about this two piece and saying they might be the best band that had ever supported them, indeed, the live show is reputed for being utterly encapsulating..

Their debut single Red and Purple (out June 30th) shows their subtle folk pop dexterity, awash with complex and urgent rhythms no doubt gathered from lead singer Meric’s studies in West African Ewe drumming.  Second single ‘Fools’ (out this September) is a gem of a record, all stand out melody and wistful vocals.  The Dodos’ signature elements of primitive percussion and a low current of tribal drums are at their psychedelic best in tracks such as Paint The Rust and Ashley - making Visiter a pioneering debut.

Originally formed in 2006 under the moniker Dodobird as a one man acoustic act, Meric
Long would gig around San Francisco playing folky guitar with a combination of loops an
ambient keyboards. After exploring percussion and drumming, Meric got turned onto country blues and sought to create a band where the drumming could be a centre role and help bring out the syncopated rhythms coming out of the acoustic guitar.
Meric met Logan Kroeber, who had also been experimenting with drumming, but in the area of progressive metal. Eventually the band changed their name to The Dodos.
The album ‘Visiter’ (Frenchkiss in USA) is due out this July on Wichita.

 

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About the humble CD:

The CD is essentially a small portable face mirror which has an extra feature of being able to play music (through a thing known as a CD player). These CD's are a modern invention hence them being all shiny and digital. They can hold about 80 minutes of music and apparently are indestructible as you can smear jam on them and they still play (not as nourishing as toast mind you but when you're hungry.....). They sound crystal clear and are tiny convenient things. They lack the charm and warmth of their old analogue counterparts but their portability, convenience and ease of being duplicated make them a perfect thing of a thing for most folks. Jewel cases are the worst thing ever though and they really need to stop.

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