Lullatone
If cute is what you aim for, the Nagoya, Japan-based electronica duo Lullatone just might be the sweetest thing since pigtails. Inspired, as their website attests, by “daydreaming and humming in the bathtub,” Lullatone began when Kentucky-born Shawn James Seymour began composing modern lullabies for his Japanese girlfriend, Yoshimi Tomida (with whom he also collaborates in the visual art collective bunnybunnybunny). After relocating to Nagoya, the duo began developing Seymour’s sound into “pillow pop music with a bedtime beat.” Mixing simple melodic electronica with toy instruments and sweet wispy vocals, the group’s fragile micro-melodies bristle with shimmering casiotones and subliminal beats crafted from the sound of pillows being struck. Joining Lullatone on stage at Soundlab on Monday, (Aug. 20) is Normal Love, an instrumental quintet comprised of amplified violin, two electric guitars, electric bass and drums that will surely provide a study in contrast. The show starts at 9pm.
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