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Little Dragon
Also Playing: VV Brown and Natural Selection
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Mon Apr 5
7:30 pm
Little Dragon, VV Brown, and Natural Selection at Walnut Room
You’d think a quirky Swedish electronic soul quartet would catch the ear of American listeners, especially when said quartet is fronted by a fetching Japanese woman. But in 2007, the praises of Little Dragon’s eponymous debut went shamefully unsung on this continent. (Maybe it was the unsettling cover art—a grotesque-looking child with giant eyes.) With a colorful palette of acoustic instruments and synths, that album boasted a no-nonsense (but not quite minimalist) approach to pop songwriting and jazzy, melancholic vocals from Yukimi Nagano. It’s a winning formula, and the band stretches its wings without losing sight of what works on last year’s Machine Dreams, which explores sensually textured electronica ranging from the spooky, organic Cocteau Twins vibe of “Fortune” to the Air-esque sophistication of “A New.”
Walnut Room 3131 Walnut St, Denver/Boulder, CO
You’d think a quirky Swedish electronic soul quartet would catch the ear of American listeners, especially when said quartet is fronted by a fetching Japanese woman. But in 2007, the praises of Little Dragon’s eponymous debut went shamefully unsung on this continent. (Maybe it was the unsettling cover art—a grotesque-looking child with giant eyes.) With a colorful palette of acoustic instruments and synths, that album boasted a no-nonsense (but not quite minimalist) approach to pop songwriting and jazzy, melancholic vocals from Yukimi Nagano. It’s a winning formula, and the band stretches its wings without losing sight of what works on last year’s Machine Dreams, which explores sensually textured electronica ranging from the spooky, organic Cocteau Twins vibe of “Fortune” to the Air-esque sophistication of “A New.”
Updated 10/04/2011
