Posted by AndyRyan on August 22, 2011
Yearlings is the third release, following a previous EP and album, in the four-year existence of Sydney’s Dead Letter Chorus. It is an album that is confidently comes at you made by a band who have figured out what they are all about. They tackle the eternal quandary and elation of a newly evolving love across the ten precise songs within; with aware and insightful lyrics such as ‘you helped me lift my heart, it weighed a tonne/ because two is always better than one’ elevating it above the usual emotion blinded clichéd bluster the subject is capable of giving rise to.
The album sees the music elegantly wrapping itself around the twin vocal assets of Gabrielle Huber – equally capable of capturing dramatic highs and fragile-thoughted wistfulness - and Cameron Potts, whose woody croon consorts Huber through choruses as well as leading some brittle ballads. The contrast and combining of the two voices makes for a both sides of the coin exploration of the emotional undercurrents of relationships. With sympathetic producer Les Cooper, the band have crafted an intense, yet intricate cast of sounds to bare their souls too as they delve deep into the glorious hope, yet mostly futile impossibility of intimate interactions. One for frantic romantics and late night lamenting.
Yearlings is available August 26 through ABC Music/Universal.
Dead Letter Chorus will be touring thier new album thoughout September and October. You can catch them at:
16th Sept - Speakeasy @ The Villa, Perth
30th Sept - Northcote Social Club, Melbourne w/The Hello Morning
1st Oct - Kings X Hotel (FBi Social), Sydney
6th Oct - Old Museum, Brisbane
dead letter chorus, yearlings, gabrielle huber, les cooper