I couldn't get on MOG yesterday, so didn't post this. Here it is. Hope it works this time.
Another winner from Devendra Banhart and Andy Cabic's Gnomonsong ...which is fast becoming one of my favorite small labels. Rio En Medio makes delicately lovely folk tunes, embellished with trip-hoppy drums and overlaid with very literate words. Here's a bit from my Dusted review, up today:"Whispery songs quoting Blake and Ashberry. Minimalist flourishes of guitar, ukulele and electro-percussion. Another fragile folksinger discovered by Devendra Banhart via Sierra Casady of Coco Rosie.
Sounds unbearable, doesn't it?
Well, surprise, surprise, this new CD from Danielle Stech Homsy, a.k.a. Rio En Medio, is actually quite lovely. More than that, it's intelligently lovely, its lullaby softness full of difficult imagery and multi-language lyricism. Let Coco Rosie sing about wanting to be your housewife. Homsy could just about be your comp. lit. professor." (And more here: http://www.dustedmagazine.com/reviews/3608)
And here's an MP3 of "Girls on the Run" http://www.gnomonsong.com/mp3s/Rio%20En%20Medio-Girls%20on%20the%20Run.mp3
