Ace Posted July 15, 2008 Report Share Posted July 15, 2008 She & Him made their debut record as a love letter to the musicians who inspired it. Volume One (Merge Records) introduces a boy and girl choir hell-bent on making music the old-fashioned way: by hand - and with as few machines as humanly possible. The She & Him story begins when in 2006 , renowned one man band M. Ward, recorded a duet with a girl named Zooey Deschanel. A delightful recording session, the experience lead to a dialogue between the two about collaborating further. This, in turn, led to Deschanel admitting to secretly making dozens and dozens of home demos and hoarding them like acorns for the winter. Sick and tired of being stingy and secretive about music, Deschanel realized that if songs were acorns then this was indeed her wintertime: she sent the recordings to Ward and these demos became the basis for their first record, entitled Volume One. Ward’s unique arrangements and virtuostic guitar playing paired with Deschanel’s affinity for vocal harmony give Volume One its characteristic sound . Ward and Deschanel share a mutual affection for the songs they grew up hearing on Los Angeles radio stations - and keep in their hearts the records that most DJ's aren't playing anymore: Les Paul and Mary Ford, The Ronettes, Nina Simone, Chet Atkins, Linda Ronstadt, the Carter Family and about a hundred others. Aiming to achieve the warmth and charm of pop and country records from the early and mid part of the twentieth century, Ward, who also produced the record, and Deschanel, who wrote most of the music, called upon the help of a number of extraordinary musicians including: Rachel Blumberg, Adam Selzer, Mike Coykendall, Tom Hagerman, Peter Broderick, Mike Mogis, and Paul Brainerd. Without whom this record would just be two people with no drums, bass, strings or pedal steel. [Taken from offical site.] http://www.she&him.com Any one like 'em? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stephler Posted July 15, 2008 Report Share Posted July 15, 2008 fuckin love them. they're so cute live. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ace Posted July 15, 2008 Author Report Share Posted July 15, 2008 I know. Sometime's zooey looks so clueless haha. But i love her. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stephler Posted July 15, 2008 Report Share Posted July 15, 2008 their new music video is adoooorable Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ace Posted July 15, 2008 Author Report Share Posted July 15, 2008 I know!!! I like the cartoons Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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