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Artist
Teacups
12+ albums
New ZealandfolkindienzKiwi
about
There are more than one act called Teacups. 1. The three charming young women of Teacups considered calling their first release The Sexy Night-Time Show but in an unfortunate change of heart, altered it to Forest Fiction. In retrospect Forest Fiction may be a more appropriate title, but you should listen to the album and decide for yourself *needlessly saucy wink*. Teacups first began to form when Elizabeth Stokes and Chelsea Jade Metcalf began to busk to earn enough money for a moderately-priced vegetarian dinner. Outside their local Nike store they’d perform - though none of the songs in their repertoire were sports related. They found themselves exclusively regurgitating the tunes from Jenny Lewis record Rabbit Fur Coat and improvising ditties about passersby when they finally realized nobody was actually listening. Like the songs on aforementioned album, Teacups were to demonstrate a ridiculous talent for pretty guitar melodies and wafting tri-part harmonies. But before they were able to hone their craft they were booked sight unseen by the eventual future producer of Forest Fiction Dave Parker (Artisan Guns, Bear Cat, Clap Clap Riot) – leading to their first real performance in the beautiful Spegieltent for the AK07 festival. Between then and the next show they added upright bassist Talita Setyady and Teacups were ready to win hearts at six times the capacity of the average human being. They're a modern-day girl group, echoing the swooning charm of yesteryear and
