Bran Flakes - I Have Hands CD

I Have Hands buy CD music Instead of feigning street cred, the band wear their upbringing on their sleeves (literally), with songs about Cape Cod and the polo shirts and deck shoes to match. While Paul Simon's man-child melodies appear all over VAMPIRE WEEKEND, cuts such as the stand-out single "A-Punk" recall another quartet of infamous Africa-plundering, New York preppies: the Talking Heads. With guitarist Ezra Koenig's intricately inventive lines, Chris Tomson's ever-shifting grooves, and Rostam Batmanglij's faux-melodica keyboard melodies, Vampire Weekend have the musical muscle to merit the fever-pitched hype. Anybody who thought the seemingly bottomless well of musical breakouts from New York would have dried up by winter 2008 got a shock from the rapturous reception given this impressive debut. Foregoing hipster Brooklyn for the more collegiate Upper West Side campus of Columbia, the quartet's music follows suit. This is hardly the loft-party lysergia of their counterparts across the East River; rather, it's a catchy cocktail of ethno-rhythms, psych-lite instrumentation, twee sensibilities, and an Animal Collective-style, anything-goes spirit. Personnel: Ezra Koenig (vocals); ...

I Have Hands songs Begun during a hiatus from his main band, Field Music, School of Language is the project of Field Music singer and guitarist David Brewis. SEA FROM SHORE, School of Language's debut, doesn't stray much from the smart, sharply inventive indie pop template of Field Music; in fact, it could easily be a Field Music release. Brewis delivers artfully crafted pop songs rife with hooks, layered harmonies, and endlessly inventive arrangements and production flourishes that keep the album consistently surprising. Add to this the fact that Brewis plays nearly every instrument on the album, and SEA FROM SHORE grows even more impressive, adding more luster to the gleam of this pop gem. Photographer: Ian West. Arranger: Dave Brewis. Personnel: Barry Hyde (vocals, guitar); David Craig , Sarah McKeown (vocals). Illustrator: David Hyde .