“Balances
’90s-era trip-hop a la Portishead with the glitchy psych of Broadcast. Dreamy,
emotional and disorienting.” Listen: “Tornado”
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Italian
Beaches (L-R): David Farris, Reva Russell
English, Farhad Rezaei. Photo
credit: Kim Conlee.
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the premiere
of “Tornado” by Italian Beaches courtesy
of Treble or listen via the links below!
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[YOUTUBE]: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wcouFJ6379E
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Italian Beaches – In The Press
“They create a brand of electronic music that
essentially flips the genre’s design.” — Kentucky.com
“Spacious and restrained, a soulful electro-pop song
that balances ’90s-era trip-hop a la Portishead
with the glitchy psych of Broadcast.
It’s dreamy, emotional and disorienting.” — Treble
“Sublimely fresh, almost like listening to a different
album each time – something I’d never experienced before.” — Iron Post
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About Italian Beaches
The debut self-titled album by the Lexington,
Kentucky-based trio Italian Beaches
(Desperate Spirits, Out Now) is a straight-up soul platter
that arrives under an experimental electronic umbrella.
The record, produced by Desperate Spirits co-founder John
Ferguson (of The Apples in Stereo),
represents yet another sonic touchstone in the emerging young imprint’s
posture, one that could be superficially confusing, but on longer look reveals
deep music across a variety of genres.
In the case of Italian
Beaches, depth equals soul.
In addition to vocalist Reva Russell English, the group is comprised of percussionist David Farris, and jazz-educated
musician Farhad Rezaei. Electronic
flourishes embellish throughout, there’s the occasional sampled loop, and a
dope beat or three. It’s glued by the undeniable vocal presence of Russell English, holding it down, and
lifting you up.
She sings from her guts.
“We have a tendency to think no further than our own
lives,” Russell English says. “These
songs are an attempt to clarify how connected we are to each other, to the past
and to the far-off future.”
She elaborates on this idea of being connected to
something greater, and more soulful, when discussing the album’s single “Tornado,” recently
premiered via music discovery website Treble, saying, “Sometimes nothing
goes as you hoped, but that doesn’t mean something beautiful isn’t also about
to happen. Hardship isn’t a state of mind — but training our perspective to see
around, beyond and through the darkness helps us survive and transform it.”
The debut album from Lexington-based trio Italian Beaches is out now. Members of Italian Beaches are available for
interviews. Contact Josh Bloom
at Fanatic for more information.
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Italian Beaches
Italian
Beaches
(Desperate Spirits)
Out Now
Track Listing:
01. Centralist
02. Habit
03. Tornado (BANDCAMP | SOUNDCLOUD
| APPLE
| YOUTUBE | MP3)
04. Chopping Block
05. Vinyl 9
06. L.A.L.
07. Operator
08. Walker
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Italian Beaches Links
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Contact Josh Bloom at Fanatic Promotion
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