Friday, June 29, 2012

Heather Christian & the Arbornauts


So you're cruising the internet and read an overview like this, what are you gonna do?
Heather Christian & the Arbornauts is the music-brainchild of Heather Christian, the daughter of a blues musician and a go-go dancer from backwoods Mississippi and 5 of the most virtuosic boy prodigies she could find.
Primarily known for her eccentric voice (“Christian howls like a werewolf with a voice made of molasses” – Variety Magazine), Miss Christian is part blues musician, part pixie, part old lady and pulls from the traditional gospel canon in tandem with circus music, noise rock and good old fashioned feeling good.
Miss Christian and this multi-tasking brood of musical dandies (Sasha Brown, Matt Bogdanow, Chris Giarmo, Josh Myers and Jonathan Anderson) comprises their song set of dream hymns and odes to imaginary landscapes that reside somewhere between a vast theoretical sea and the deep American south.
You're gonna investigate right?
Glad I did, check out the amazing vocal talents of Heather Christian.
She has one unique voice.

Heather Christian & the Arbornauts hail from Brooklyn, New York, and they are:
Heather Christian - vocals, piano, songs
Sasha Brown - guitar, vocals
Matt Bogdanow - drums, vocals
Chris Giarmo - vocals, accordion
Josh Myers - bass, vocals
Jonathan Anderson - keyboards, vocals

The more I listen to this young ladies voice the more enjoyable it is. WoW!!!

Cute video, not sure I know what it means though.


Tiller Run


Heather Christian needs a piano, see below the video. 
Love the Kickstarter concept.

7 Toy Pianos Heather Christian & the Arbornauts Party promo for 7 Toy Pianos.
Video shot / edited/ directed by Kaz Philips Safer
Get tickets here


HC & the A's need 1. a piano, and 2. YOU Again, you can get your tickets here.


This time we get a live cover song, and it is amazing.


Teardrop HC & the A's cover Massive Attack's "Teardrop" at their Joe's Pub NYC CD release.
Video by Krista Fogle.


So now of course you want to check out the album, right?

 
released 20 December 2011 
All music and lyrics by Heather Christian 
Arranged by Heather Christian and The Arbornauts 
Produced by Brian Bender 
Engineered and mixed by Brian Bender at The Motherbrain


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