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Daybed

Preludes

Released
16 October 2010
Tracks
5
Label
No Emb Blanc

Daybed have been making a few ripples in the minimal synth scene. Preludes comes on on Genetic’s pioneering sub-label No Emb Blanc. Daybed are the duo of Carla Marschall (vocals, lyrics) from the US and Tim Farland (vocals,lyrics, music) from New Zealand. Both find themselves residents of Berlin, not a bad place for a synth pop pair. Daybed have performed a number of live shows of late, with more lined up (sharing stage with Sudeten Creche soon.) But, back to the record. The EP contains five tracks of 80’s inspired synth pop. Think the likes of Xeno and Oaklander and you’re getting on the right lines. The 12” opens with “Lack of Light.” Addictive electro pop pours from the record. Synthesizer shoegaze with Marschall lending somber vocals to the mix. “Gonna Get Ya” follows in down a similar path, with a bit of Debbie Harry coming through. “Journey” sees a much more subdued note enter into the EP, building in broad analogue chords with sweet lyrics pirouetting around the vintage undercurrents. Strings arrive with “At the Station.” The chords have a decent portion of Joy Division to them, with a contemporary twist of Frank (just Frank) for this indie love piece. Daybed’s first steps finish with “Girl Help Me,” a staccato piece to round off this duo’s seminal start.

[ -- Robbie Geoghegan, igloo Magazin ]

Tracklist

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  1. 1Lack Of Lightsnippet
  2. 2Gonna Get Yasnippet
  3. 3Journeysnippet
  4. 4At The Stationsnippet
  5. 5Girl Help Mesnippet
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Artist · USA, NZL

Daybed

DAYBED are Carla Marschall (vocals, lyrics) from the US and Tim Farland (vocals, lyrics, music) from New Zealand, currently residing in Berlin, Germany, and now finding themselves being released as the fourth release of No Emb Blanc. Musically, they are almost purely electronic, creating a dancey electropop à la early-to-mid 80’s underground electropop bands without trying to adapt a pure raw analogue sound - DAYBED are creating music of the past, but they live in the present. „Lack of Light“ is an dancey upbeat number and with the use of Simmons drums it sounds like a slightly more modern version of our Itlainan darlings Monuments. „Gonna get us“ is pretty much influenced by John Foxx or Ultravox’s „Mr. X“, on high speed though, if you like – all of this especially manifests when you play the A-side ’accidently’ at 33.3 rpm, only that the voice turn to male, but sorry to say, especially the latter track sounds even better that way, oops! „Journey“ may appeal to fans of current Sleep Museum. „At the Station“ starts with a lovely dark wave bass, then TR-808 sounds, ethereal guitars and vocals, and then sparse synth sequences, a so beautiful song for fans of the Italian dark wave à la Weimar Gesang or such. Last but not least, a lovely cover version of „Girl help me“, originally by The Zombies. So, if you like any of the aforementioned bands or those contemporary ones: Nina Belief, Ronin, Led Er Est, Xeno & Oaklander, Tobias Bernstrup, GD Luxxe, then you are right lying down in the DAYBED. Highly recommended.

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