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Saturday Feb 12
CALL AND RESPONSE
N. LANNON (with Meric Long)
BART DAVENPORT
DJ SAM FLAX
@ Cafe Du Nord
www.cafedunord.com
San Francisco
9:30 pm
$10
"Songs conjure weird confluences: you might tease out strands of tropicalian Bossa Nova, Laurel Canyon folk, Vini Reilly riverbed, reverbed languor and even Broadcast's spooked tenderness. You could praise individual moments...but it's the overall weave, the daydreamy drift, that impresses."
Uncut Magazine
www.callandresponsemusic.com
"On the surface Chemical Friends seems to be a fairly
straightforward acoustic singer/songwriter affair however there's ever so subtle details that shift Lannon's music slightly off the beaten path. There's absolutely nothing heavy nor intrusive about the album. It's all the softest, prettiest wispy melodies and whispery singing. Very vaporous and atmospheric with hushed acoustic
guitar, layered vocals and an occasional gentle programmed pulsing beat. Lannon's vocal delivery seems warmly familiar recalling the heartfelt ache of the late Elliott Smith. Some customers even mistook this to be Elliott Smith's forthcoming posthumous album It all makes for an overall picture that suggests a spacey folk pop distant cousin of Simon And Garfunkel (or their present-day kindred
spirits Kings of Convenience for that matter), the abovementioned Smith and Pink Floyd. Very nice!"
Aquarius Records
www.nlannon.com
"Drawing from the wooden modernity of Bossa Nova as a base, Davenport adds touches of British folk, psych, softrock and the occasional drum machine. All the while, his emphasis on the art of the pop song remains."
www.bartdavenport.com
CALL AND RESPONSE
N. LANNON (with Meric Long)
BART DAVENPORT
DJ SAM FLAX
@ Cafe Du Nord
www.cafedunord.com
San Francisco
9:30 pm
$10
"Songs conjure weird confluences: you might tease out strands of tropicalian Bossa Nova, Laurel Canyon folk, Vini Reilly riverbed, reverbed languor and even Broadcast's spooked tenderness. You could praise individual moments...but it's the overall weave, the daydreamy drift, that impresses."
Uncut Magazine
www.callandresponsemusic.com
"On the surface Chemical Friends seems to be a fairly
straightforward acoustic singer/songwriter affair however there's ever so subtle details that shift Lannon's music slightly off the beaten path. There's absolutely nothing heavy nor intrusive about the album. It's all the softest, prettiest wispy melodies and whispery singing. Very vaporous and atmospheric with hushed acoustic
guitar, layered vocals and an occasional gentle programmed pulsing beat. Lannon's vocal delivery seems warmly familiar recalling the heartfelt ache of the late Elliott Smith. Some customers even mistook this to be Elliott Smith's forthcoming posthumous album It all makes for an overall picture that suggests a spacey folk pop distant cousin of Simon And Garfunkel (or their present-day kindred
spirits Kings of Convenience for that matter), the abovementioned Smith and Pink Floyd. Very nice!"
Aquarius Records
www.nlannon.com
"Drawing from the wooden modernity of Bossa Nova as a base, Davenport adds touches of British folk, psych, softrock and the occasional drum machine. All the while, his emphasis on the art of the pop song remains."
www.bartdavenport.com
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