Chairlift

Columbia Records

Bio

Caroline Polachek and Patrick Wimberly made Something, their sophomore record, over 18 months between the back of an antique store in Brooklyn and the basement of a family home in Streatham, London. The world and characters of Something, slowly emerged- overtones of manic revenge contrast with a dark brooding guilt ("Sidewalk Safari", "Amanaemonesia", "Take it out on Me", "Guilty as Charged"); pastoral, almost psychedelic love meets its own inevitable, blue future ("Met Before", "Frigid Spring", "Turning", "Cool as a Fire"). In contrast to Chairlift's debut album's Does you Inspire You pop-dreamscape, created in the dark, after school and work, the band uncovered the songs on Something in the daytime, drinking coffee. Producer Dan Carey's studio is part of the world of Something, full of giant plate-reverb boxes, mint green reel-to-reels salvaged from dismantled BBC studios, plastic human heads which are used to record and simulate the listeners location in approximation to the sound. Read More...

Current Tours

Date Venue City State With
Sat 06/22/13 Tropfest New York Brooklyn NY
Fri 07/12/13 Harbourfront Centre Toronto ON Soundclash Festival
Sun 07/14/13 Grog Shop Cleveland Heights OH
Tue 07/16/13 Firebird St. Louis MO
Wed 07/17/13 Radio Radio Indianapolis IN
Fri 07/19/13 Marathon Music Works Nashville TN Animal Collective
Sun 07/21/13 Pitchfork Music Festival Chicago IL
 

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