Real Art Tacoma Presents:
Emily Reo
Emily Reo has been recording and touring independently for over a decade. Starting with 2009’s Minha Gatinha, a self-released collection of home-recorded droning noise-pop, she’s continuously released a slow drip of pop experiments via artist-operated imprints. Her second full-length, 2013’s critically acclaimed Olive Juice, was a progression towards bright, kaleidoscopic synthesizer layers and loops, with prismacolor melodies upon melodies; her songs depicting the beauty of nature through vocoder processing.
In 2016, she returned, transforming her vocoder-harmonies into something even more meticulous and mesmerizing with her “Spell” single. Reo had always gestured towards the tension between organic and robotic sounds in her work, but with “Spell” that duality underscored an inherent solemness and depth of emotion in her voice—a dynamic that comes to a head on her forthcoming 2019 full-length.
Over the past few years, Reo’s live shows have notably evolved from solo sets where she would play electronics alongside soft visual collages, to explosive three-piece endeavors full of expressive drumming and keytar soloing—a shift that speaks to the evolution of the project since Olive Juice. With each new body of work, Reo has increasingly pulled back the haze, sharpening her pop vision; Only You Can See It is her most fully-realized collection to date, with her most intricate lyricism and dynamic songwriting. Reo’s background as a visual artist continues to play out over her sprawling pop songs: her ear for negative space, for shading and saturating, for shifting between the bright and the subdued.
Recorded at various studios, apartments and homes around New York—notably, it was partially recorded with Julian Fader and Carlos Hernandez at Gravesend Recordings—Only You Can See It is Reo’s Carpark debut, following releases with Orchid Tapes and Elestial Sound. Over the years, Reo’s self-booked tours have brought her to community spaces and all-ages venues around the U.S. and internationally. Reo has been inspired by the many places she’s called home: Orlando, Boston, Los Angeles, Montreal. She currently lives in Brooklyn.
Website: http://emilyreo.com/
Bandcamp: https://emilyreo.bandcamp.com/
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/emilyreomusic/
Foxes in Fiction
Foxes in Fiction is Canadian-born NYC-based Warren Hildebrand, experimental pop musician and founder of Orchid Tapes, the independent label that Hildebrand’s albums are released on.
music / foxesinfiction.ca
label / orchidtapes.com
audio / warrenhildebrand.com
Ancient Pools
Ancient Pools is a pop duo that sounds like shimmering warm water. Crystalline vocals and punchy, playful drums cut through a flowerbed of lush synth chords and delicate guitar work. Each melodic part gives the listener something to hold on to and to remember. Originally from Olympia, WA, the band is comprised of Anna Jeter (of 100 Watt Horse) and Kevin Christopher (of Oh, Rose). They are currently based in Portland, OR.
Bandcamp: https://ancientpools.bandcamp.com/
Clay Beds
Clay Beds is the collaborative project of John Anderson and Hailee Rogers. The duo met and began recording and playing music in Boston in 2013, re-locating to the Pacific Northwest in 2016. Both John and Hailee have unveiled unique solo works as Pon(d)scum and Xaxu, respectively, yet they're combined efforts under the newly-launched Clay Beds moniker signals their strongest and most accomplished material in their fledgling careers. Their new self-titled EP is out March 29th on Hush Hush Records.
Bandcamp: https://hushhushrecords.bandcamp.com/album/clay-beds
Doors: 7:30
Show: 8:00
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