Format Details: Black Vinyl
Release Date: 19 May 2023
Label: We Are Busy Bodies
Packaging Type: Slip Sleeve (CD or Vinyl)
No of Units: 1
Barcode: 634457123076
Format Details: Black Vinyl
Release Date: 19 May 2023
Label: We Are Busy Bodies
Packaging Type: Slip Sleeve (CD or Vinyl)
No of Units: 1
Barcode: 634457123076
Description
The duo of Toronto-based Brent Randall and Los Angeles-dwelling Johnny Toomey are known for their previous achievements with Los Angeles based, baroque-pop group, The Electric Looking Glass.
Both musicians compliment each other stylistically and add sparks to their newest project, Vanity Mirror. Their debut LP, PUFF was written, recorded, performed, produced and even mixed by Brent Randall. The resulting album starts where their other project Electric Looking Glass leaves off, with hummable, dreamy pop that branches out into more intimate, less genre specific freeform songcraft. It is a nostalgic collection of songs pieced together in makeshift spaces while traveling between LA, Montreal, Detroit and Toronto. Taping old pianos in public libraries and abandoned houses and tracking vocals in vintage shop basements, Randall sent the tracks to Toomey who recorded drums and percussion in his Los Angeles basement using a handheld field recorder. Listeners will call to mind artists like Emitt Rhodes, Olivia Tremor Control, and Belle and Sebastian.
Tracklisting
Nucleus
New Age Doom & Tuvaband
Basil Kirchin & John Coleman
Heshoo Beshoo Group
MIDI Janitor
Norman McLaren
Rich Aucoin
Kristen Roos
The Bonzo Dog Doo-Dah Band
Laura Nyro
Jonathan Hulten
Anathema
Oceansize
F.O. Machete
The Beatles
Ozric Tentacles