This group has received comparisons to Godspeed You! Black Emperor, Smog, The For Carnation, and Dirty Three. Beautiful and haunting, Toronto's Picastro craft bittersweet tunes of dissonance and melody that shake the foundations of dark, brooding, and introspective music. The murmured, detached vocals of Liz Hysen superbly accompany the stark disparate soundscapes created by electric and acoustic guitars, drums, piano, and cello.

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Ostensibly a vehicle for singer-songwriter Liz Hysen, Toronto based Picastro weave her songs into an abstract framework of extended, moody soundtracks. Here the singers identity is absorbed into the overall impression left by the music. Reported comparisons with Cat Power are therefore wide of the mark. Hysens role is oddly selfless, her voice subdued to a general murmur amid the musics burgeoning drama. The songs are instead a vehicle for the group to expand their vocabulary, creating a gloomy variant of ...   [ read more ]

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This group has received comparisons to Godspeed You! Black Emperor, Smog, The For Carnation, and Dirty Three. Beautiful and haunting, Toronto's Picastro craft bittersweet tunes of dissonance and melody that shake the foundations of dark, brooding, and introspective music. The murmured, detached vocals of Liz Hysen superbly accompany the stark disparate soundscapes created by electric and acoustic guitars, drums, piano, and cello.

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