Resolvo
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(687066596229)
Record Label: Organizer Records
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Melomane is a pop-noir six-piece from New York City combining guitar, bass, drums, keyboards, cello, trumpet and noise into a melange of haunting melodies and hummable pop. Melomane's sound invokes Calexico, Stereolab, and a more muscular Belle and Sebastian. The band was formed by singer songwriter Pierre de Gaillande, a veteran of favorite indie bands such as Film Star, Creedle, and Morning Glories. He is joined by an amazing amalgam of NYC musicians including Quentin Jennings (Dylans), Daria Klotz (God is My Co-Pilot, Moonlighters), Kenny Savelson (Foetus, C Gibbs), Frank Heer (Huggy Bear), and Catherine McCray (T Griffin Coraline, Patti Smith.)
Solresol is Melomane's second album and pushes the infectious, melodic, melancholy pop-rock of the first album to greater heights of sonic texture, power, and dark beauty.
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Melomane's "Resolvo" is a wonderful record, both in composition and performance.
author: Listen.com
It's not difficult to love Melomane. You'll love songs that feature on the vibes live-from-the-tiki-lounge chord progressions played at slinky tempos. You'll love tracks that are arranged deliberately, yet played with an amiable looseness and allowed to amble forward like Lou Barlow singing a Tindersticks song. You'll love the male/female vocals, the emotionally charged cello parts, the honey-toned, minimal guitar figures and lyrics such as, "You fell asleep with a beautiful smile on your face / Under weeping vines on a pauper's grave." But the Melomane are at their best when most tender and relaxed; the six musicians play lovely, understated, articulate melody/harmony lines. This sort of spaciousness keeps the mix from sounding crowded and protects important song elements from becoming overshadowed by trigger-happy players.
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author: CD Baby
Melodic, chamber pop/rock, with an emphasis on songwriting, fleshed out with diverse instrumentation, including, cello, vibes, trumpet and electronic sounds.
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On my top ten list of the year.
author: Puckett
Melomane - Resolvo
One line sums up why I like these songs so much: "I'm just a modern day Dean and Gene Ween on the rock and roll trail." And that accurately summarizes (this recording.) It's hard to say what Melomane is; it's much easier to say what it isn't. You can kick heavy metal and rap out from the start; if I have to make a comparison, I'll start with the Silver Jews and also nod to Pavement in their more introspective, C&W moments. These songs search for deeper transcendental meaning in music - the kind of meaning that Pavement and Yo La Tengo, among other bands, have tried to find in the wilds of three chords and red guitars - and stamp out stylistic chalk lines with their feet along the way.
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