Green Fades To Brown
from All signs point to life by The Variable Stars
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Cassette + Digital AlbumRunning a label can be exhausting, but more than that there are many times where you ask yourself the question - “why am I doing this?” Then you work with a band like The Variable Stars and the world makes sense. They transport me back to a pre-internet time of music discovery and romance. Romance within music, yes, but also the romance of young love and friendship. The romance of late night conversations in deserted parking lots. I had the pleasure of seeing them many times in the early 2000s and they were always so humble, kind, cute and with the perfect amount of awkwardness. I desperately wanted to be around them.
I asked the band to give me their backstory, how they’d describe their sound and who they were listening to at the time, and what they’re listening to these days -
Astrid, a multi-instrumentalist and vocalist on the album answered with “lo-fi melodic eclectic cacophony?” while Amy, a multi-instrumentalist and vocalist on the album replied with “The band’s sound is relatively eccentric as everyone was writing songs, but for the most part I would say melodic British-influenced indie pop with our own unique California twist. Clean guitar tones, violin, faulty vintage keyboards, bass, drums, multi-part harmonies. Hell, sometimes there would be a harpsichord.” This “eclectic yet cohesive” sound as Ben Leyva calls it, comes through on a lot of the songs, especially A Path Through The Woods and The Understudy Quit The Play. Yet, the style fits comfortably in that Jangle Pop space and one can imagine... moreSold Out
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from All signs point to life,
released August 15, 2022
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The Variable Stars Palo Alto, California
The Variable Stars are -
Brad Johnson
Astrid J Smith
Amy Ridout Silletto
Charlie Crabtree
Jon Moyer
Ben Leyva
Bay Area popsters.
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Aug 2022
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