Yesterday's good highlighted some of the year's best debuts, which makes today the perfect opportunity to highlight tracks from some of 20122s most impressive sophomore efforts. I can only imagine how difficult it is to follow up a debut album, especially when the sophomore release is in high demand. The bands below most definitely avoided the dreaded "sophomore slump", none better so than The xx. Coexist was my most anticipated release of the year and it exceeding all of expectations. Easily my favorite album of the year. And like yesterday's good, the tracks below are a very small [...]
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Photography by Irene Sánchez Prieto After an exhausting day at Día de la Música on Friday we were back ready for a more relaxed day with only three bands scheduled that we really wanted to watch. The first of these was Fanfarlo , who managed to play for almost an hour in 38/100+ (Celsius/Fahrenheit) degree weather under a scorching, scorching sun. In fact, they had to cut things a little short because the bassist seemed to claim that he just couldn't go on. It might have [...]
My favorite albums of 2012 (so far) continue today with some really exciting releases, including the solo debut from the one and only Jack White , the exciting debut from Kishi Bashi , and the beautiful new release from Lost in the Trees — A Church That Fits Our Need . If you haven't already, be sure to check out Part 1 [...]
For fans of the London-based quintet known as Fanfarlo their new album, Rooms Filled With Light, is both a breath of fresh air and a throwback to 802s new-wave pop at the same time. You'd think sounding like records that are almost 30 years old would seem stale but the current landscape of indie rock has an immediate opening in all things new-wave. The band's quirky and arty sound has found themselves in playlists alongside bands such as The Cure and Talking Heads. This album will only reinforce those comparisons. The album opens with [...]
Fanfarlo is playing at Slim’s in San Francisco and we have a free pair of tickets to giveaway!
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After the release of their likeable but frankly unremarkable first album "Resevoir" , Fanfarlo received more attention for their similarity to other acts than for their own innovations, of which there were few: the emotionally frantic chamber-pop of "Resevoir" was inescapably indebted to Arcade Fire and Beirut . With 2012 looking to be free of any releases from those two bands, just as 2009 was, you could be forgiven for eyeing the timing of the release Fanfarlo's second [...]
[photo courtesy of Amanda Hatfield ] NYCTaper went on the road to Austin last week for the annual SXSW Festival. As I tweeted at one point near the end of my trip, SXSW is kind of like CMJ on steroids. There are a ton of corporate-backed "scene" shows downtown that really don't appeal to me. However, on the East side there was a series of unofficial showcases that featured just about every band you could see downtown, only under much better circumstances - a relaxed atmosphere not overrun by commercialization. That's [...]
The VPME "We welcome aboard our new writer Katie Shepherd as she reviews Fanfarlo's latest album. " “Shadow Puppetry.” That’s what London-based Fanfarlo have decided to brand their genre of music. While I’m not exactly sure what that means, I have my ideas. More importantly, I have my thoughts regarding the band’s new album, Rooms Filled With Light , which was recently released three years after the success of Reservoirs . I’ve been looking forward to what this five-piece would produce on their second go-round as it took me weeks [...]
Fanfarlo + Gardens & Villa / Mr. Smalls Theatre / 3.25.2012 / Doors 7:00 / $15 Words by Jim I don't have any idea where or when I first heard Fanfarlo . It had to have been shortly after their debut album Reservoir came out because the band definitely had a buzz about them. The songs were terrific - delightfully indie pop with a streak of folk that retained originality without being over the top or gimmicky. Those are all really nice [...]
This is really cool and might even set the trend for 2012. George Monev got bored one day, maybe threw down one too many and decided he wanted to know what "Levels" would sound like if the strings in the hook were reversed. To find out the answer you'll have to click play. In other news: WZRD is out today, and so is Fanfarlo's latest album Rooms Filled With Light . You can also get " Climax " by Usher and [...]
A few of my favorite new releases this week, including the latest from Fanfarlo , the Kid Cudi and Dot da Genius side-project/experiment WZRD , and The Cranberries' first studio album in 10 (long) years . As always, you'll definitely want to check out the much more comprehensive list of this week's releases over at Largehearted Boy . Enjoy. [...]
The proficient blending of folky and electro pop orchestrations with superb vocal harmonization makes each song feel purposeful and the album beautifully paced.
Album number two from nodnoL based indie-poppers, the FANFARLO , has taken a leak. ROOMS FILLED WITH LIGHT D.O.B : February 27, 2012 Label : Atlantic Tracklist : 1. Replicate 2. Deconstruction 3. Lenslife 4. Shiny Things 5. Tunguska 6. Everything Turns 7. Tightrope 8. Feathers 9. Bones 10. Dig 11. A Flood 12. Everything Resolves via : Rapidshare
Mudar uma fórmula de sucesso, que levou a sua banda até inúmeros elogios da crítica e posições em trilhas sonoras de séries e fenômenos adolescentes no cinema, quando perante a tão conhecida "maldição do segundo álbum" é uma jogada arriscada. Mas os ingleses do Fanfarlo reuniram a coragem necessária e resolveram testar uma nova estética em Rooms Filled With Light , novo álbum da banda, liberado hoje para audição através da série First Listen da rádio norte-americana NPR. A mudança valeu o esforço? Singles como Deconstruction e Shiny Things [...]
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Tweet Listen to Fanfarlo 's new album "Rooms Filled With Light" below. After months of waiting the new Fanfarlo album is finally here. The band have been dropping tracks and videos since last September for this album like "Replicate" , "Shiny Things" , and "Deconstruction" , as well as a bonus track "Vostok, I [...]
Vostok is a lake 2 miles under the surface of Antarctica and is thought to be over 1 million years old. Scientists have been drilling to reach the lake to find out if life can survive in such harsh environments. After 20 years of drilling they finally reached the lake today and in honor of that Fanfarlo has released the track ""Vostok, I Know You Are Waiting" which isn't a track that you'll hear on their new album Rooms Filled With Lights unless you fork out the $35 for the limited edition box set. The box [...]
Se as já liberadas Shiny Things , Deconstruction e Replicate indicavam alguma coisa sobre Rooms Filled With Light , era que esse novo álbum do Fanfarlo seria bem diferente da adorável estreia da banda, Reservoir , com batidas mais dançantes e arranjos mais ousados. Mas se a mudança não estava agradável aos seus ouvidos, pode comemorar: a banda acaba de liberar a faixa-bônus de Rooms Filled With Light , e dessa vez, é uma balada belíssima e mais tradicional para o Fanfarlo , chamada Vostok, I Know You [...]
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Tweet Listen to Fanfarlo 's new song "Vostok, I Know You Are Waiting" , taken from their new album "Rooms Filled With Light" . Though it didn't make the final cut of the regular version of Fanfarlo's new upcoming album "Rooms Filled With Light" , this new track did make the special edition release as a bonus track. You can tell why when you listen to it, [...]
Tweet January has come and gone. In some parts of the world Lana Del Rey 's "Born To Die" has already been released to mixed reviews, nowhere near making as big a splash as was anticipated by some. I've given it a listen, it's fine, but, as I expected, nothing remarkable. In not-LDR-related news, there have been plenty of good releases so far in this past month, with Cloud Nothings [...]
Fanfarlo - Esoteric London-based indie outfit fronted by founder Simon Balthazar revels in adventurous and intricately textured alt/pop quirks -- imagine if David Byrne had graduated recently from some British art school...sleek and sophisticated -- let's call it "twee free" -- sophomore album follows up the '09 Reservoir , an album we described as "appealingly ramshackle with a buoyant, kitchen-sink charm...(translating) 80's influenced 'new wave' pop with a decidedly progressive, smartsy, artsy bent" // Release : Rooms Filled With Light (February 28, Atlantic/Canvasback) // Sounds like : over-caffeinated poly-rhythms are [...]
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