After playing around Brooklyn for a while, singer/songwriter Chris Garneau was signed to Absolutely Kosher in the spring of 2006, after a recommendation from Jamie Stewart, whose band, Xiu Xiu, was on the label. A piano player since age five, Garneau released his debut, Music for Tourists, a slow, sad collection of sparsely arranged songs that set off the singer's falsetto and was produced by Duncan Sheik.

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El Radio is Chris Garneau's sophomore effort to his acclaimed debut album Music for Tourists. Music for Tourists received accolades from Time Out New York, Stereogum and NPR (to name a few). There is a poignant melancholy and bold sincerity that permeates all of Garneau's music, but those qualities are augmented by a playfulness in his melodies and arrangements. You can hear examples of this in the sublime retro-pop of "Fireflies," the album's incredibly catchy standout first single "No More Pirates," ...   [ read more ]

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