Album: Sugarplum Fairies- Chinese Leftovers

Release Date: May 25, 2009
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Los Angeles based Sugarplum Fairies are comprised of Vienna natives Silvia Ryder (vocals) and Ben Bohm (guitars, background vocals), supplemented by an array of rotating guest musicians. The sound of Sugarplum Fairies bridges the transatlantic gap with an amalgamation of European guitar pop and Americana folksiness, all tied together by Ryder s sultry, hypnotic vocals. Sugarplum Fairies upcoming release Chinese Leftovers veers from sleepy shoegaze pop to bouncy D.I.Y. indie rock, all with a subtle infusion of country-noir and the occasional hint of eclectic Vaudeville. For Chinese Leftovers Sugarplum Fairies have teamed up with Joey Waronker (Beck, REM) on drums, Gus Seyffert (The Bird And The Bee, Sia) on bass, Jebin Bruni (P.I.L., Aimee Mann) on keyboards and Martin Tillman (Dark Knight, Rickie Lee Jones) on cello. The CD was mixed by Todd Burke (Belle & Sebastian, Ben Harper) and mastered by 3 time Grammy winner Gavin Lurssen (T Bone Burnett). There are albums that simply get you. Lyrics aren't more than simple word combinations, stimulating thoughts you wish you'd had...Among softly strummed guitars, an e-bow, mandolin, piano, glockenspiel and occasional Mazzy Star moments, this duo from Vienna, stationed in California, manages to represent the complicated stages of being broken-hearted, depressed, funny, hot and spaced out all at once, and without complications

I LOVE the vocals. This album is highly recommended. Go check it out. :) You can listen to quite a bit of this band's songs on MySpace then buy their album wherever you want. :D