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Solresol by Melomane
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12 tracks | 56 minutes
Released Jan 2003
on Vermillion
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- sample lyrics "DOWNLOAD" 05:35 Complicated Melody lyrics BUY MP3 05:35 Complicated Melody lyrics "GIFT MP3" 05:35 Complicated Melody
- sample lyrics "DOWNLOAD" 05:00 The Spirit of Smoke lyrics BUY MP3 05:00 The Spirit of Smoke lyrics "GIFT MP3" 05:00 The Spirit of Smoke
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Chamber-pop, art-pop, electro-folk; very melodic orchestral pop with a dark side.
Editorial review
Only a handful of artists can match the ability shown throughout Melomane's Solresol to bring tired images back to life, not exactly by pepping them up, but rather by exposing shadows within them that have never quite been noticed before. Smoking as a gesture of glamorous dissipation, for example, goes back to the 19th century, if not to whatever new-world-weary poseurs there were awaiting Columbus, but to turn that image into a metaphor for relationship in "The Spirit of Smoke" takes a deft hand -- as does the even bolder equation of musical scales with romantic entanglement on "Complicated Melody." And even though alt-pop writers have long clogged the road to irony, few have shown the moxie to deliver lines like "it's a revelation of massive scope," especially with the deadpan ennui shown in "Sol Re Sol." Augmented by yard-sale instrumentation -- a single fiddle, a lonesome trombone -- and sung either by Peirre de Gaillande alone or in dolorous duo with Daria Klotz, these tracks combine garage accessibility and <I>boho</I> poetry with an ingenuity that will win over intelligent listeners and show musicians just how far a band can travel when nested between self-imposed limitations. ~ Robert L. Doerschuk, All Music Guide
Bio / Background
Melomane is a pop-noir six-piece from New York City combining guitar, bass, drums, keyboards, cello, trumpet and noise into a melange of haunting melodies and hummable pop. Melomane's sound invokes Calexico, Stereolab, and a more muscular Belle and Sebastian. The band was formed by singer songwriter Pierre de Gaillande, a veteran of favorite indie bands such as Film Star, Creedle, and Morning Glories. He is joined by an amazing amalgam of NYC musicians including Quentin Jennings (Dylans), Daria Klotz (God is My Co-Pilot, Moonlighters), Kenny Savelson (Foetus, C Gibbs), Frank Heer (Huggy Bear), and Catherine McCray (T Griffin Coraline, Patti Smith.)
Solresol is Melomane's second album and pushes the infectious, melodic, melancholy pop-rock of the first album to greater heights of sonic texture, power, and dark beauty.