The Melody Unit

An indie-pop band from Seattle. Kevin Kelly: guitars, vocals; Mark Salvadalena: drums; Tim Kappert: bass; Jessica Folsom: vocals; Peter Lynch: keyboards; Zach Thompson: rhythm guitar. Their sumptuous space-pop-folksongs are surrounded by a lush ambience and wrapped in dense layers of blissful keys, lotsa guitars, and sighing male and female dream-voices. Vocalist Jessica Folsom has that seductive Julie Cruise (Twin Peaks) sensuality.

Their sumptuous space-pop-folksongs are surrounded by a lush ambience and wrapped in dense layers of blissful keys, lotsa guitars, and sighing male and female dream-voices. Vocalist Jessica Folsom has that seductive Julie Cruise (Twin Peaks) sensuality. Her alto and Kevin Kelly's baritone gracefully intertwine amidst the slinky metronomic-pop, ethereal British folk (c.f. "Welcome Back Tomorrow" the verses of which could be Laurel Canyon era Crosby, Stills and Nash), and sensual Euro pop grooviness. From the seven-plus-minute "Suite For Caesar," with its Stereolabial pulse and tinkling keys, to the loping dynamics of "Kona Song" and the beautiful "Snoqualmie", it is apparent The Melody Unit has joined much-loved artists like My Bloody Valentine, Yo La Tengo, and All Natural Lemon & Lime Flavors in the pink-noise-dream-pop pantheon.