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Kendall Jane Meade sounds charmingly vulnerable, and writes like she’s dotting her verse with unusually romantic British vernacular—once again confirming her gift for executing the three-minute pop song. (Meade) builds her imminently accessible folk-pop tracks upon a foundation of languid, melancholy-dipped ruminations, then fades out on the ether of a few earthbound rockers - Matt Fink for Paste Magazine
(Parker) has a talent for writing smart but compelling hooks, and his guitar work splits the difference between melodic warmth and aggressive crunch with skill and intelligence. - Mark Deming at Allmusic.com
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Wild Chorus (2013)
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Anders & Kendall is a new collaboration between Anders Parker (Varnaline, New Multitudes, s/t) and Kendall Meade (Mascott, Sparklehorse, Helium).
These two prolific songwriters have been lending their talents to each others records for over a decade. Finally, in 2011, both found themselves with a break from other projects.
"We set up a couple weeks to write songs together," says Parker, "and within a couple days it was clear we had more than an album's worth of great songs."
"Putting together a record of duets has long been a fantasy of ours," adds Meade. "Our influences are very similar, yet we each bring something unique to the songs. It adds a certain thrill that you don't find when you are working by yourself."
Of course, this record is not just Anders & Kendall. To flesh out these new songs, Parker and Meade turned to some of their trusted colleagues, including Doug Gillard of Guided By Voices, Will Johnson of Centro-Matic, and Scott Minor of Sparklehorse and Beth Orton.
The result is "Wild Chorus," a lush, playful collection of rustic indie-pop that brings to mind other classic duet records by Richard & Linda Thompson or Dean Wareham and Britta Phillips.
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