Trailer Trash Tracy’s debut album ‘Ester’ released January 9 2012 on Double Six
aaamusic | On 23, Oct 2011
Inhabiting their own beautifully dark, ethereal corner of the musical universe, poised somewhere at the crossroads between the nocturnal, rolling soundscapes of Angelo Badalamenti and the sublime, naive melodies of 50s pop, Trailer Trash Tracys are a deliciously unique proposition.
Recorded by the band themselves on a “solfeggio scale” – a scale to which, apparently, western guitars and pianos are not pitched to – Ester is an ambitious achievement that marries an experimental urge with a love for the standards and classics of pop eternal.
The freeform intro “Rolling – Kiss The Universe” leads us into Trailer Trash Tracys’ own otherworldy sonic space in which their ideas play freely. Deep and hazy sonic textures drift around singer Suzanne Aztoria’s gossamer light vocals, which sound as though they were beamed from another dimension, evoking a sensual, yet unnerving tension. The album progresses to reveal ever expanding possibilities, running the gamut from the spiralling guitar shreds of “Engelhardt’s Arizona” to the gloriously seductive and brooding pop of “You Wish You Were Red”, out to the delicate, pinprick orchestrations of “Starlatine”. The smouldering slow-burn of “Turkish Heights”, meanwhile, closes the album in poignant style, romantic, dreamy and sincere, revealing a tender heart beating indelibly inside the machine.
With “Ester”, the inimitable world of Trailer Trash Tracys is brought to haunting, vivid life (in a visual sense as well, with Kurt Ralske responsible for the artwork) – a little off-kilter, a little askew, but nothing less than utterly beguiling and completely memorable. Treasure them now.
TRACKLISTING
- Rolling – Kiss the Universe
- You Wish You Were Red
- Dies in 55
- Engelhardt’s Arizona
- Los Angered
- Starlatine
- Candy Girl
- Strangling Good Guys
- Black Circle
- Turkish Heights
UPCOMING LIVE DATES
October
13 – Shacklewell Arms, London
25 – The Garage, London (w/ Real Estate, Twin Sister)
27 – Pitchfork Opening Party @ Le Pont Ephemere, Paris (w/ King Krule, Dirty Beaches)
November
1 – Electric Showrooms, London
2 – Deaf Institute, Manchester (w/ Chairlift)
22 – Nation of Shopkeepers, Leeds
23 – London, Old Blue Last
24 – Green Door Store, Brighton
25 – MIDI Festival, Toulon
December
11 – Knust, Hamburg (w/ Vaccines)
12 – Luxor, Koln (w/ Vaccines)
14 – Paradiso, Amsterdam (w/ Vaccines)
15 – Vega, Copenhagen (w/ Vaccines)
16 – Debaser Medis, Stockholm (w/ Vaccines)
18 – Postbahnhof, Berlin (w/ Vaccines)
19 – AB Main Hall, Brussels (w/ Vaccines)
Pre-order the album here: http://www.dominorecordco.com/uk/albums/10-10-11/ester/
Listen to Trailer Trash Tracys here: http://soundcloud.com/dominorecordco/sets/trailer-trash-tracys-ester
