UNDERWATER TEA PARTY "Suberban Metronome"
2008（JUNK/ZIP） ￥1800(taxin)
五人組清涼ポップグループ "Underwater Tea Party"はポップ情熱大国スペインはマドリッドより。フロントがクラナ＆イレーネの2ガールズというパーフェクトなメンバー構成によって生み出されたファーストアルバムは現在・過去・未来、パワーポップ・ギターポップ、すべてのポップスが兼ね備えるべき要素を持つ。カーディガンズもびっくりの瑞々しさが話題のPV曲「The Untold Story..」が国営放送でピックアップされるやいなやスパニッシュポップミュージックアワードでベスト・フィーメールバンドを獲得！ このピュアネスはBelle and SebastianやIvy、Stereolabファンなんかにも聴いて欲しい
Track listing:
1. Cityscapes & UFOs Listen
2. Ampelmann
3. Long Island Ice Tea
4. The Last Goodbye
5. Wildtracks Build Bricks
6. Tempête de L’été
7. The Untold Story About Mary and Nick (mp3)
8. Void
9. Silent Moans
10. Holophonor
MEMBER
Clara Martinez,
Mikel Alberdi,
Martí Perarnau,
Irene Bonilla,
Diego Blanco
SITE
OFFICIAL: www.underwaterteaparty.blogspot.com/
MYSPACE: www.myspace.com/underwaterteapartytheband
BIOGRAPHY
The year 2005 rocketed Underwater Tea Party to the high profile “festival circuit” where they were voted one of the 10 best new bands in a contest at the Contempopranea Festival. At the Navalpop Festival, the impressed the infamous producer Fine Oyonarte and Oyonarte immediately bid to produce the band’s first full-fledged album. (If you lived in Spain, you’d know who he is!)
The momentum of their early success resulted in a year-end RNE-3 audience poll recognizing the band as one to watch for 2006. The recording session for Suburban Metronome began in 2006 at the well-known Sonoland Studios (studio or classic recordings by everyone from the Rolling Stones to legendary Flamenco legends “Shrimp of the Island”). Underwater Tea Party were signed by Madrid based Junk Records in 2006 and the debut album was recorded, mixed and mastered for Spanish release in late 2006.
Introduced to the album in early 2007, Zip Records was struck by the band’s unique style and sensibility. The album has references to Belle and Sebastian, Ivy, Yo La Tengo, Mazzy Star and Stereolab. The album is also cool, provocative and highly addictive. The impact is immediate and UTP represents what appears to be the new wave of independent music in Spain.
The Junk Records release has garnered high praise as well. Recently awarded “Best Spanish Band with Female Vocals” at the Spanish Pop Music Awards, Underwater Tea Party present 10 near-perfect songs with universal themes of love, loss and missed connections.
Zip Records will release Suburban Metronome on January 8 in the United States and a college radio campaign will accompany the promotion of the album as well.
