Basic Shapes
Brooklyn, New York, United States | Established. Jan 01, 2015
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Brooklyn’s Basic Shapes began as a solo project from, Patrick Estabrook (of Responsibilities and Telephone Company), before expanding into a trio with the assistance of Hello Shark’s Brooke Morrison and fellow Telephone Company member, and from Howard, Myles Heffernan. Having recently recorded four songs at Dr. Wu’s Studio, we are proud to present the world premiere of their new singles, “Stand Still”, and “Live By the Beat”.
On the adventures of electronic enabled still lives; “Stand Still” breaks the angles of mind, sight, and time in a statuesque stance. Brooke’s vocals give a genuine embrace of earnest dreams and free-footed soft shoe steps that inspire front porch dancing, as the keyboards percolate in conjunction with the rhythm guitar’s considerate restraint by way of calming chords. Basic Shapes take the building blocks that have comprised the foundations of the last 30-some years of radio pop formulas, emulating their production and mixing systems, while introducing new subtle additions through an independent, democratic, and creative approach with a contemporaneous consciousness. - Impose Magazine
When I'm in a bummer mood I like to play music really loud and do bad interpretive dance because you can't hold onto a shitty mindset when you're throwing your body around pretending to be a bunny on acid. Brooklyn trio Basic Shapes understand the power of dancing like an idiot with your friends (hey, by yourself is OK too). Additionally this song manages to sound both minimal and lush, downtempo and uptempo. It's sleek like a freshly washed ponytail with the same glimmering, sophistico-pop vibes as Londoner NZCA/Lines. Listen to more of their stuff here, or if you live in NY, catch them live tomorrow and Friday. - Noisey
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Still working on that hot first release.
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