I should have been on this months ago, but it took Bryant over at Part Time to bring it to my attention.
Family Trees are a Brooklyn based threesome that recently released a7″ on the quickly rising Father/Daughter Records. Ryan Trott, Amanda Finn, and Joe Pruitt make up the trio and as the title of this post/song suggests we get blissful dream filled pop. Gentle guitars and hazy vocals, complete with harmonies, comprise this short but sweet pop number. A song that is perfect for these thick humid end of summer days. Toward the end of the track the guitar takes the lead and rings out like a sudden thunder storm in the summer heat. Family Trees show restraint in this song using that catchy guitar riff only twice, when another band might use that single riff as the basis of an entire song. A sign of maturity and the ability to craft songs which is rare in a bands first release, and a promise of more great things to come.
[mp3] Family Trees- “Dream Talkin’”
Family Trees claim Phil Elverum’s Microphones and the Beach Boys as their influences, and hearing this track makes that apparent. A beautiful realization of two very different musical visionaries colliding.
On top of this wonderful single Amanda Finn, drummer of Family Trees, directed this video for one of the b-sides:
Buy Family Trees’ Dream Talkin from Father/Daughter Records here.
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Family Trees have been playing out around Brooklyn, but there is a prime chance to see this great new band tomorrow in Manhattan:
August 17th, 2010
Live at Pianos!
Julian Lynch (11pm)
Family Portrait (10pm)
Family Trees (9pm)
and
Guardian Alien (8pm)
If you couldn’t already tell by this line up… it’s filled with gprecs favorites…you might remember the countless times I’ve posted on Julian (who released one of my favorite records of 2009, and it’s looking the same way for 2010), and Family Portrait (great dudes who make great music)…there couldn’t be a better time to catch Family Trees than with these two acts.
If by chance you still don’t know Julian or Family Portrait here are some mp3s from the archives (all previously posted):
[mp3] Julian Lynch- “Time After Time (Cyndi Lauper Cover)“
[mp3] Julian Lynch- “Rancher”
- buy it here.
[mp3] Family Portrait- “Killer Statements”
- “Killer Statements”appeared on the Underwater Peoples Winter Review, with a ton of other great bands.
- Buy it here.
[mp3] Family Portrait- “On The Floor”
- Buy their split 7″ with Andrew Cedermark here.
Keep up to date on Family Trees shows by following their blog!
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