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Le Diamant Brut: Trumpeter Swan & Inu
What’s the Deal: Trumpeter Swan is Drew Patrizi’s solo project, whom you might remember as a founding member of Austin’s What Made Milwaukee Famous. He took an album’s worth of material featuring local guest musicians like John Farmer and Jeremy Bruch of WMMF, Jason Chronis of Voxtrot and Matt Bricker of The Polyphonic Spree, recorded at Cacophony Recorders and engineered by Erik Wofford and Danny Reisch, and took off to Brooklyn where these 12 tracks later became Listen For The Clues, Patrizi’s self-released debut album.
Patrizi employs much of what he practiced in his time spent with the guys in WMMF on the new recording, conjuring some precious and melodic poppy indie tunes with the aid of piano, synth, even a little trumpet. Listen For The Clues has a more personal vibe than some of his previous work, which makes sense considering these are the tunes that have been rattling around in his head and passed through few filters other than his own.
The light additions of trumpet scattered throughout is tasteful and used sparingly, which allows you to really appreciate them when they arise in songs like the heavy harmonizing retro pop tune “Early Midlife Crisis” and the catchy rock stomper “Won’t Come Back.” Trumpeter Swan changes up things a little with tracks like “Acolyte,” which is a synth heavy, gloomy, stare-at-your-shoes type of dance pop number. “Silent Film (Noir)” has a dreamy vibe, like floating weightless in a tank surrounded by undersea creatures in video game graphics, and then swells with “la”s and “da”s sung out echoed off a mountain top.
Something Interesting: A Trumpeter Swan is also the largest living waterfowl.
Other Tracks Worth Checking Out: “Eternal Pessimist” and “Broke the Skin”
What’s the Deal: San Francisco-based threesome Inu is releasing their debut album, Not For Anyone, in late June. The new outfit is composed of some rather impressive players, including producer Count (aka Mikael Eldridge), who has worked with everyone from Radiohead to the Rolling Stones to DJ Shadow to New Order, cellist Zoe Keating (Rasputina, Imogen Heap, Dresden Dolls) and guitarist Tim Hingston (Nyles Lannon).
The grand orchestration on Not For Anyone features plenty of somber dreamscapes and potent moods sent your way via a careful and abounding set of arrangements including cello, ambient synth, alt rock noise and a vast ocean of guitar, percussion and other sounds taking turns and created by a skilled hand.
The video for their song “Stephen Colbert” does an amazing job of communicating the deeper themes in much of their music (social, economic, environmental issues), while at the same time providing kudos to this host of the Report and his “giant balls.” The track adeptly uses electronic sounds to enhance the alt rock elements.
Something Interesting: Count is originally from Austin.
Other Tracks Worth Checking Out: “Appearances” and “A Crowded Place”
