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On the new album Next Year in Zion, songwriter and vocalist David-Ivar Herman Dune and drummer Neman Herman Dune deliver a dozen charming and intricately constructed pop songs. On the heels of two handmade EPs from Everloving in 2008, Next Year in Zion is the Parisian duo's debut long-player for the Los Feliz, California indie. It is the sound of Herman Dune, all grown up.

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Anti-folk band Herman Dune is comprised of David-Ivar Herman Dune and Neman Herman Dune. Though based in Paris, their musical family tree extends to New York, Sweden, and Berlin. They've recorded Peel Sessions and have shared the stage with Arcade Fire, Kimya Dawson, and Of Montreal. 1-2-3 Apple Tree includes tracks from their UK release Giant as well as previously unreleased material.

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With percussion, horn section, and backing vocals, Herman Dune make their renowned love for good songwriting shine with poetry, melody and groove. With roots in Sweden, France, and New York the brothers David-Ivar aka Ya Ya and Andre have been playing together since early childhood. Recommended if you like Sufjan Stevens, Will Oldham, and Lou Barlow.

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While the comparisons to Belle & Sebastian must no doubt be endless, these French popsters obviously don't let that stop them from continuing to develop songs that waver between fun and depressingly sad, upbeat and melancholy, and all along seem to be influenced by drug use and a European pop sense. The more upbeat tunes seem to be somewhat silly, whether it's the lead singer going on about driving around the different New York expressways, or about what life would be like if we were all monkeys. The    [ read more ]

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Herman Düne was birthed by David-Ivar Herman Düne and André Herman Düne more than ten years ago; the two Swedish-rooted fans of American music were playing all around Europe and the States before they'd even begun making records. Having written over four hundred songs, released three CDs and worked on a slew of side projects and self releases, they have become a reference in modern folk-rock. NME, Melody Maker, The Independent, Mojo, and others have praised their albums, and one went so far as to describe    [ read more ]

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