a.s.o. - A.S.O. - Japan CD

Credits:

a.s.o.

Description:

Singer/songwriter Alia Theroux-O'Neill and producer Lewie Day present the long-awaited debut album from the duo "a.s.o.". The duo's last three singles have been stylistically distinct, but the album as a whole is an impressive and artistic progression. Day and Theroux-O'Neill have taken the radio-friendly pop song format and subverted it to create a new style. Throughout the album, they have created an expressive and compelling body of work. The band's music is reminiscent of Cocteau Twins dream pop, stirring AOR soul, and dub, but with a light on the sentimental trip-hop. Not merely monocultural, the album also shows respect for a wide range of artists, including Julie Crews, Fleetwood Mac, and Portishead. The band's own identity is also expressed in the lightness of their influences. The album is a release of restraint and liberation, sometimes graceful, sometimes intoxicating, as Aria's unique voice speaks to us. Listen to elegantly crafted, flawless pop music. Your cares and thoughts will be swept away. Day's music complements her voice, deep, a bit intimidating, restrained, and powerful. It's almost like a David Lynch movie, I think, where the closer you get to something seemingly familiar, the stranger and more buoyant it becomes. And at the end of the journey we will all feel something different.

Tracklisting:

1.Go On
2.My Baby's Got It Out For Me
3.Rain Down
4.LITD Pt. 10
5.Love In The Darkness
6.Cold Feeling
7.True
8.Falling Under
9.Thinking
10.Understand
11.Somebody