Ava Luna — Infinite House
Ξ Brooklyn–based septet offers up art–damaged indie funk in the vein of 99 Records meets Dirty Projectors. “Pulsating from one energy to another, suggesting art project and ritual.”
Location: Brooklyn, New York
Album release: April 14, 2015
Record Label: Western Vinyl
Duration: 38:25
Tracks:
01. Company 2:55
02. Tenderize 3:23
03. Steve Polyester 4:04
04. Roses and Cherries 2:51
05. Coat of Shellac 3:45
06. Infinite House 2:19
07. Black Dog 2:53
08. Best Hexagon 3:08
09. Billz 3:11
10. Victoria 7:33
11. Carbon 2:33
℗ 2015 Western Vinyl
Band:
Ξ Ethan Bassford
Ξ Felicia Douglass
Ξ Julian Fader
Ξ Carlos Hernandez
Ξ Rebecca Kauffman
Ξ Cindy Lou Gooden performs on two songs
Ξ Recorded by Ava Luna in the Gooden family house in Benton, MS. and at Gravesend Recordings, within the Silent Barn, Brooklyn, NY.
Ξ Asst recording engineering by Ben Scherer
Ξ Mixed by Dave Fridmann at Tarbox Road Studios, Cassadaga, NY
Ξ Asst mixing engineering by Michael Fridmann
Ξ Mastered by Josh Bonati
Ξ Cover artwork by Felicia
Ξ Inside artwork by Carlos
Bio
Ξ While on a writing retreat in the sleepy southern town of Benton, Mississippi, the members of New York's Ava Luna came across an abandoned house while on a walk through the woods. Overgrown, rotting, and littered with evidence of its past inhabitants, the maze–like dwelling would haunt their psyches throughout the writing and recording of their third full–length Infinite House. Like Borges' Library of Babel, the seemingly endless rooms and hallways in the old house felt like a metaphor for the invisible, internal labyrinths, which the band explores lyrically and sonically on their new album.
Ξ Self–recorded in Benton and at Gravesend Recordings, the Brooklyn studio run by drummer Julian Fader and vocalist/guitar player Carlos Hernandez, and mixed by Dave Fridmann (Flaming Lips, MGMT), it is safely their most polished recording to date. But their trademark intensity, mirthful humor, and angularity remain resolutely in place, the burnished surfaces illuminating the stories beneath like never before. As Hernandez explains "Dave Fridmann was able to augment this music in a really special way, removing it from the literal realm and putting it in a really psychedelic/fictional place."
BY JOSH TERRYON JANUARY 21, 2015, 11:35PM
Ξ New York art rockers Ava Luna approach their craft with an endless urge to experiment. Combining the pop, soul, and dance–minded inclinations of their personalities with a knotty indie rock and post–punk–inspired sentimentality, the quintet makes music that’s always weird, always interesting. On April 14th, they’ll release a new album, Infinite House, through Western Vinyl.
Ξ Self–recorded in Benton and at Gravesend Recordings, the Brooklyn studio run by drummer Julian Fader and vocalist/guitar player Carlos Hernandez, and mixed by Dave Fridmann (Flaming Lips, Sleater–Kinney), it is safely their most polished recording to date. But their trademark intensity, mirthful humor, and angularity remain resolutely in place, the burnished surfaces illuminating the stories beneath like never before. As Hernandez explains “Dave Fridmann was able to augment this music in a really special way, removing it from the literal realm and putting it in a really psychedelic/fictional place.” Ξ http://consequenceofsound.net/
Label: http://westernvinyl.com/
Website: http://avalunamusic.com/
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/avaluna
Agent: US: ::: EU/UK:
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Location: Brooklyn, New York
Album release: April 14, 2015
Record Label: Western Vinyl
Duration: 38:25
Tracks:
01. Company 2:55
02. Tenderize 3:23
03. Steve Polyester 4:04
04. Roses and Cherries 2:51
05. Coat of Shellac 3:45
06. Infinite House 2:19
07. Black Dog 2:53
08. Best Hexagon 3:08
09. Billz 3:11
10. Victoria 7:33
11. Carbon 2:33
℗ 2015 Western Vinyl
Band:
Ξ Ethan Bassford
Ξ Felicia Douglass
Ξ Julian Fader
Ξ Carlos Hernandez
Ξ Rebecca Kauffman
Ξ Cindy Lou Gooden performs on two songs
Ξ Recorded by Ava Luna in the Gooden family house in Benton, MS. and at Gravesend Recordings, within the Silent Barn, Brooklyn, NY.
Ξ Asst recording engineering by Ben Scherer
Ξ Mixed by Dave Fridmann at Tarbox Road Studios, Cassadaga, NY
Ξ Asst mixing engineering by Michael Fridmann
Ξ Mastered by Josh Bonati
Ξ Cover artwork by Felicia
Ξ Inside artwork by Carlos
Bio
Ξ While on a writing retreat in the sleepy southern town of Benton, Mississippi, the members of New York's Ava Luna came across an abandoned house while on a walk through the woods. Overgrown, rotting, and littered with evidence of its past inhabitants, the maze–like dwelling would haunt their psyches throughout the writing and recording of their third full–length Infinite House. Like Borges' Library of Babel, the seemingly endless rooms and hallways in the old house felt like a metaphor for the invisible, internal labyrinths, which the band explores lyrically and sonically on their new album.
Ξ Self–recorded in Benton and at Gravesend Recordings, the Brooklyn studio run by drummer Julian Fader and vocalist/guitar player Carlos Hernandez, and mixed by Dave Fridmann (Flaming Lips, MGMT), it is safely their most polished recording to date. But their trademark intensity, mirthful humor, and angularity remain resolutely in place, the burnished surfaces illuminating the stories beneath like never before. As Hernandez explains "Dave Fridmann was able to augment this music in a really special way, removing it from the literal realm and putting it in a really psychedelic/fictional place."
BY JOSH TERRYON JANUARY 21, 2015, 11:35PM
Ξ New York art rockers Ava Luna approach their craft with an endless urge to experiment. Combining the pop, soul, and dance–minded inclinations of their personalities with a knotty indie rock and post–punk–inspired sentimentality, the quintet makes music that’s always weird, always interesting. On April 14th, they’ll release a new album, Infinite House, through Western Vinyl.
Ξ Self–recorded in Benton and at Gravesend Recordings, the Brooklyn studio run by drummer Julian Fader and vocalist/guitar player Carlos Hernandez, and mixed by Dave Fridmann (Flaming Lips, Sleater–Kinney), it is safely their most polished recording to date. But their trademark intensity, mirthful humor, and angularity remain resolutely in place, the burnished surfaces illuminating the stories beneath like never before. As Hernandez explains “Dave Fridmann was able to augment this music in a really special way, removing it from the literal realm and putting it in a really psychedelic/fictional place.” Ξ http://consequenceofsound.net/
Label: http://westernvinyl.com/
Website: http://avalunamusic.com/
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/avaluna
Agent: US: ::: EU/UK:
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