Au (pronounce the letters as in: A, U) is a Portland, Oregon based band that is sort of overtaking my world right now. Its one part Animal Collective, one part Bach and one part Huck Finn american folk. I read about them on Stereogum, of course, and it seemed to patch some sort of tear in my musical life. I keep listening to these folk-y soft spoken guitar strumming men, and frankly I need to break out. I am super digging Au because it has a lot of those folk elements that I am loving from The Cave Singers and Fleet Foxes, but also has some more progressive, "noise" to it, that is usually not dissonant or contradictory. It really reminds me of Animal Collective, on the Panda Bear side of things. Head over here and here for some downloads, and to read what SG has to say about them. I didn't even read their review, but hopefully it doesn't totally contradict mine.
They are playing April 19 with Fleet Foxes, in Portland Oregon at 1001 SE Morisson St. IF YOU LIVE ON THE WEST COAST (SPANG) YOU MUST GO TO THIS.
Their album Verbs is out 6/26 on Agoo.
<3 The Elephant
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