Hecuba
Innocent and indulgent, the Hecuba duo makes artsy indie pop that continues in the tradition of the Fiery Furnaces and the Blow. Partners (romantically and musically) Isabelle Albuquerque and Jon Beasley met in Brooklyn in 2003. Beasley was directing a fictional film about alien abduction when a mutual friend suggested that Albuquerque play the starring role as the abductee. After making the movie, the two started making music together and eventually moved in together in the Echo Park section of L.A. Using bass bloops, glitches, and a kitchen sink of instrume...[more]
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VINYL FORMAT. Comes with an MP3 download! Ten powerful, straightforward songs brimming with synthesizers, strings, horns and melodies that could have been made by no one else. Hecuba's Paradise is a vibrant record with broad strokes and intense details. As comfortable on the dance floor as in the concert hall, Paradise moves from sparse, introspective moments to harsh, violent crashes and syncopated beats; from Ranchero trumpet blasts to full on orchestral pop and 50's crooner electro-bop. Tou [ read more ]
LP $17.99
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Ten powerful, straightforward songs brimming with synthesizers, strings, horns and melodies that could have been made by no one else. Hecuba's Paradise is a vibrant record with broad strokes and intense details. As comfortable on the dance floor as in the concert hall, Paradise moves from sparse, introspective moments to harsh, violent crashes and syncopated beats; from Ranchero trumpet blasts to full on orchestral pop and 50's crooner electro-bop. Tough to get a handle on their unique distill [ read more ]
CD $13.99
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Hecuba's dubbed-out drone-moan is the L.A. version of New York bands like Excepter or Gang Gang Dance: sexier, cleaner, not as gnarled, more open spaces, more vocals, hippie-friendly, less concerned about their record collection, would rather dance to hip-hop than talk about it, not afraid of a little glitter, better filling your lungs than your nostrils, has photo shoots, trims beards. They're using all the same glitches and squonks and hisses and growls (and most importantly the hoooosss of what is presum [ read more ]
MP3 $6.30
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