posted by Loren on May 28, 2011
Rudimentary and foundational sounds are all a band needs these days in order to stand vintage. Much as the Local Natives and Bon Iver have this going for them, so do We Are Trees. Raw and stripped to basic form, their music condescends in its authenticity. The band hails from Virginia, a maybe indicator as to the direction of their sound and the beauty that it evokes. Somehow the South keeps its cool.
We Are Trees is primarily a duo of vocal / guitar enthusiast James Nee and percussionist Josiah Schlater who, this summer, will be touring the Beast Coast and parts of the Midwest, in hopes that these shows will expose their candid sound to broader audiences. Their dreamlike tracks follow suit with Bon Iver’s elegance in addition to their on point snares and acoustics playing in that graceful Grizzly Bear arena. The lyrical implications are too imposing, reaching out to lessons that are nonetheless self-reflexive.
Check out their tour if the music feels right, because I can’t imagine a show such as theirs being any less amazing than the record. Their second EP, Girlfriend (“Sunrise Sunset” track and vid included below), was just released this past March, fittingly in follow-up to 2010’s Boyfriend. Both EPs can be streamed at the Bandcamp link below.
We Are Trees – Sunrise Sunset (Downloaded 525 times)
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» Meaningless labels: Chillwave • Dreamlike • Harmonic • Male vocal • Vintage
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May 30th, 2011 at 11:08 am
so beautiful sound