Cherokee Red
Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania, United States | Established. Jan 01, 2011 | SELF
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Are you ready for another nostalgia-rock indie band to bolster those hipster credentials? Here’s a new comer to the scene with a full length album for your listening enjoyment.
The Pennsylvania band’s self description of “dream pop” is an apt one. The first song, “Vaya Con Dios”, is anchored by simple guitar chords and what sounds like a tambourine, while a dancing bass and drums threaten to take the song floating away. The female vocalist and backup vocalist sing with a calculated laziness that is anything but careless. Similarly, “Decanter” finds its structure in a simple chord progression while the rest of the song floats along. In the background is old voice clips from the 40’s or 30’s, maybe. A little more concrete is “So Tightly,” that showcases a little more complicated acoustic guitar work as well as a harmonica, giving it a folksy twist.
With a combination of noisy, floating instrumentals, folksy vocal harmonies, nostalgic audio clips from old newsreels, and the slow, lilting pace of the album makes me want to go to dark bar, drink absinthe and write poetry. In my case it would be atrocious poetry, particularly on absinthe, but the craving is there as I listen to this album!
In any event, check this album out if you’re looking for something different.
The national re-release of the self titled album will be on April 16 through Crash Avenue PR. - Music Ninja
Are you ready for another nostalgia-rock indie band to bolster those hipster credentials? Here’s a new comer to the scene with a full length album for your listening enjoyment.
The Pennsylvania band’s self description of “dream pop” is an apt one. The first song, “Vaya Con Dios”, is anchored by simple guitar chords and what sounds like a tambourine, while a dancing bass and drums threaten to take the song floating away. The female vocalist and backup vocalist sing with a calculated laziness that is anything but careless. Similarly, “Decanter” finds its structure in a simple chord progression while the rest of the song floats along. In the background is old voice clips from the 40’s or 30’s, maybe. A little more concrete is “So Tightly,” that showcases a little more complicated acoustic guitar work as well as a harmonica, giving it a folksy twist.
With a combination of noisy, floating instrumentals, folksy vocal harmonies, nostalgic audio clips from old newsreels, and the slow, lilting pace of the album makes me want to go to dark bar, drink absinthe and write poetry. In my case it would be atrocious poetry, particularly on absinthe, but the craving is there as I listen to this album!
In any event, check this album out if you’re looking for something different. - The Music Ninja
Cherokee Red comes from the low lying valley of Wilkes Barre, Pennsylvania. With just a laptop and a bag of various hand percussion instruments, Christiana and pianist/guitarist Charles Davis founded the band, eventually coming together with Dirk Dekker (bassist/guitarist), Andrew Sgarlat (drums/guitar), and Brittany Thomas guitar/vox) to form Cherokee Red.
Self-described as “woozy dream pop, eerie folk, and beyond,” the band is creating a brand of indie pop that combines fuzzy rock with slow, honey sweet vocals, reminiscent of Camera Obscura’s slower tracks, Mazzy Star, and maybe a little bit of Beach House thrown into the mix. - Indie Shuffle
What's so good?
By Joshua Mellin | Oct 28, 2013
Cherokee Red return with their newest EP, 432, named because it was recorded at 432hz tuning, opposed to the traditional 440hz, a detail scientifically proven to arouse brainwaves with vibrational pleasantries. Such is the case on “Death Like Heaven.”
Tying together elements of their previous release, the track displays a measured step forward for the group. Featuring a jamming overture, the track seems to begin by ascending to a higher astral plane before leveling off to question the meaning of death. Indie Shuffle’s own Christiana Bartolini comes to the conclusion, softly singing “Maybe death is just the beginning.”
Closing lightly with some care free la da da das, Cherokee Red tackle lofty themes with a gentle touch and an unplaceable sound of nostalgia that’s made them naturally intriguing to follow. - Indie Shuffle
Discography
Self-titled debut LP released on April 16th, 2013
432 EP released on October 28th, 2013
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Bio
In the winter of 2011 in the low lying valley of
Wilkes Barre, Pennsylvania, Charles Davis and Christiana Bartolini
inadvertently discovered they were both searching for a new music project to
pursue. Christiana, lead vocalist, brought her laptop and a bag of various
percussive instruments and along with Charles, pianist & guitarist,
skillfully utilized those staple instruments and together began combining
respective rough drafts of future compositions. They soon formed a sound
varying between "woozy dream pop," "eerie folk," and
beyond. Fast forward to the spring of 2011- Charles and Christiana had numerous
completed but stripped down songs, and felt it was time to bring new
perspectives into the group to help thicken and broaden their sound. In June of
2011, the stars perfectly aligned and Christiana & Charles effortlessly
found three new members- Dirk Dekker (bass/guitar/drums), Andrew Sgarlat
(drums/guitar/bass) and Brittany Thomas (guitar/bass/background vox) and the
group soon formed Cherokee Red. The band began playing shows in the summer of
September 2011, gaining a quick following of eager fans of all ages and drawing
comparisons to the likes of Rilo Kiley, Mazzy Star, Beach House, Florence and
The Machine, and Fleetwood Mac. In 2013, after a couple lineup movements,
multi-instrumentalist Matt Rattigan joined the band and now the quintet is
journeying towards a continual broadening of sound and horizons. With numerous
shows and press coverage surrounding the Spring 2013 national release of their
self-produced, self-titled debut album, Cherokee Red is excited to release
their next labor of love, an EP entitled "432", on October 28th,
2013.
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