The Ophelias
Creature Native
Joyful Noise
Joyful Noise has a subscription series. I subscribed just out of curiosity. I like them and I don’t think music
should be obscure either. This
series, “White Noise”, runs for a year, with a different known musician curating
each of the twelve releases. Up
first: Yoni Wolf’s selection, The Ophelias, an all
woman, all teen band from Cincinnati.
This blend of chamber pop/folk rock is wonderful. Quiet, understated, sad, yet with a dry
wit, the band shows much promise.
I hope they stay together.
Such a good start shouldn’t be wasted. I especially like their take on "These Days",
closer to the Velvet Underground’s version than the original. Jackson Browne wrote this when he was
19, so who better than a band of teens to cover it, make his cynicism their
own, and turn the lyrics into wry humor?
Andrea Weiss
No comments:
Post a Comment