Sappington

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Airy soundscapes, throwaway samples, far away harmonies, melodic guitar lines, and warm beats crash for fans of my bloody valentine, radiohead, slowdive, spiritualized, pink floyd, low, air, eno.

tracks

: 1 Submarine Mission
: 2 4pm Sunday
: 3 Velvet
: 4 Desert Spaceman

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Sappington is an amalgamation of ordinarily disparate sounds that create a beautifully unique listening experience. Referencing the swirling space sounds of Slowdive and Spiritualized with the contemporary electronic sensibilities of AIR and Radiohead, Sappington combine guitar and keyboard melodies, disposable samples and discarded drum sequences to architect multi-dimensional sonic landscapes with a style all their own.

Singer/songwriter/multi-instrumentalist Ann Talbott's beautiful and broken voice weaves delicate but deliberate patterns. Amidst a collection of Ann's mutually hopeful and heartbreaking chord progressions, programmer/co-songwriter/guitarist Keith Vidal lays out broken-down analogue drum loops with fragmented media transmissions, effectively deepening each piece with layer upon layer of counter-melody, samples and field recordings. The amazing thing about Sappington is what a huge dynamic range they cover and how they execute it with only two people on stage.

Since their live debut in January 2001, Sappington has played with notable national acts, including Tristeza (Tiger Style) 90 Day Men (Southern), Tarentel (Neurot Recordings), Sonna (Temporary Residence), Shipping News (Touch n' Go), The Stratford 4 (Jetset) and Pleasure Forever (SubPop).

Consistently large crowds have attended shows at prominent San Francisco and Los Angeles venues, including Bottom of the Hill, Edinburgh Castle, The Fold at the Silverlake Lounge, Spaceland and The Knitting Factory.

The band was nominated as one of the top ten Bay Area bands on the SF Indie List -their EP was nominated as one of the top ten albums of 2000 by Aquarius Records. Reviews of the EP can be found on www.babysue.com, www.meanstreet.com, www.epitonic.com, and www.matamore.net. Radio stations KUSF, KALX, WUSC have all played Sappington in regular rotation.

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Breathtakingly good
author: Tom
The first time I listened to this CD I thought that Sappington were a special band. Now after repeated plays, I realise that this is one of the best debut records that I have heard for a long time. The mix of yearning vocals and distorted ambient soundscapes have led to comparisons with Low and post ‘OK Computer’ Radiohead and likewise Sappington’s willingness to experiment adds an extra dimension to their sound. All four songs on the EP are excellent tracks in their own right, especially the forlorn splendour of ‘Velvet’ and the dreamy ‘Desert Spaceman’, but together they flow perfectly to create a record of dazzling beauty and originality.

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