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MP3 Lacona - Come On
5 MP3 Songs
ROCK: Progressive Rock, ROCK: Psychedelic
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Sophistication, in essence, has always brought critical appeal in the past. Now however there is a sort of modern disdain for those in the Indie world that have cultivated their craft. It seems in this age when it is wildly popular to be ironic about music that any art student can pick up an instrument and make a record on an Mbox in his friend''s basement. That doesn''t mean that it doesn''t sound like shit, and that doesn''t make it Art Rock.
In making Come On, Lacona took an old approach - to take a leap back to a time when bands had to perform well in order to record. They recorded in the cavernous loft space that is Pieholden Suite Studio amongst the whirring tape machines. To evoke the muse of days gone by, they worked fast and never slept. This E.P. was made - start to finish - in just three sleepless days.
Although thoroughly rehearsed, these selections nonetheless took a different shape once in the studio - good musicians know how to improvise, feeding off each other''s ideas. The swirling keyboards spin below the web of spidery guitar-work, while the bass and drums dance around each other in a mishmash of odd meters and measures. But the result is not confusing or mathy in the least.
The singer/guitarist Geoffrey Dolce makes the point: "We''ve always made music that is complex, yet seemingly simple on the surface." Perhaps this is because the glue that holds it all together is the wilting slow melody that rides smoothly over this jagged tapestry. Dolce has a haunting strange quality to his voice, with fragility even in it''s strength.
The decision to make this E.P. came after Lacona had just done a demo for 54-40 or Fight! at a Pro-tools happy studio somewhere in Milwaukee. According to bassist, Gary James: "It just wasn''t right, not like the way we did things here (Pieholden)." Modern commercial records reek of contrived digital effects. Keyboardist Patrick Newbery adds: "We just wanted to do a record like they did back in the sixties. You know - a real performance." In other words, why shouldn''t a recording be natural, rather than warped through computer manipulation: hence the stripped-down, unique sound of Come On. For comparisons think early Pink Floyd meets Bowie mixed with a happy Smiths.
Lacona is:
Geoff Dolce |Guitar and Vocals|
Gary James |Bass|
Patrick Newbery |Keyboards|
Alance Ward |Drums|
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