Album Notes

Beam emits from Oakland, CA with a light touch and a heavy heart. Songwriter and lead chanteuse Helene Renaut originally hails from France and sculpts bright, brooding songs infused with the airs of Syd Barrett, Nick Drake and Jackie DeShannon. Most of the repertoire is sung in English with a Brit-Folk to Pop sensibility that you can sway to. Having played around the Bay Area for three years and sharing the stage with the likes of the Moore Brothers, Bart Davenport, the Fruit Bats, etc., Beam is as much a bright light that dazzles as a late night fire from which to take comfort.