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Artist
Oulipo
12+ albums
electronicexperimentalpopindieNorth Carolina
about
Recorded over the course of a year at Bit Heart Studios in Greensboro and mixed by legendary producer Mitch Easter (R.E.M., Pavement), Kisses to The Sky, the debut full-length from pan-North Carolina art rock outfit Oulipo, takes inspiration from the studio pop melodrama of Talk Talk, Phil Collins, and the two Bruces (Springsteen & Hornsby). The five-piece craft arrangements and textures that are at once synthetic and gritty, intimate and bombastic. Over lush guitarmonies, shimmering keyboard tones, and a muscular rhythm section, singer Ryan Trauley emerges as the wounded crooner -- exploring a richly personal blend of romantic yearning and angst. The undercurrent of all this is a rich tapestry of samples, primarily culled from obscure soul & funk records, which ultimately crystallize the Oulipo aesthetic: this is pop music that’s simultaneously reverent of the past, yet forward-thinking in it’s frequent subversions of the form. \ \ http://oulipo.bandcamp.com / / User-contributed text is available under the Creative Commons By-SA License; additional terms may apply.
