SUNDAY CLASSIC GTC: VANDELLA – A Feeling I’d Forgotten [ Strange Calls, EP ]
Vandella – Strange Calls EP and more can be found at Bandcamp.
by Walter Price
San Francisco based harmonies to perfection Vandella is many things but certainly not resting themselves on any particular sonic perch. The California outfit have been compared to a smörgåsbord of historic names and rightly so. There is a sense of timelessness in their airy soulful indie rock sounds.
Their new single “A Feeling I’d Forgotten” from their forthcoming second release ‘Strange Calls’ (due out April 2016) is a laid-back offering that has thoughts of a delicious concoction of The Blank Tapes, Big Star and, yes, Buckingham Nicks (the album ’73). The atmosphere is all there, easy, inviting and foundations of woodsy texture that carry the listener right along with Vandella’s beautiful melodic ocean breeze.
You can stream this stunning EP as well as 2013’s ‘Shine You Up’, below.
[ 16. March 2016 ]
VANDELLA Strange Calls
+ Shine You Up
Artist photo by Sara Gerstel
Strange Calls
Produced, Engineered, & Mixed by Scott McDowell at Hyde Street Studio C in San Francisco, CA
Mastered by Jonathan Kirchner
Artwork by Sara Gerstel
Shine You Up
Piano & organ performed by Ari Margolis
Additional vocals on Twin performed by Andrea Blunt
Horns on Gold and Twin arranged by Scott McDowell and performed by Pat Byers, Michael Bello, Liz Larson, & Henry Hung
Produced, Engineered, & Mixed by Scott McDowell at Hyde Street Studio C in San Francisco, CA
Mastered by Jonathan Kirchner
Artwork by Yasamine June
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“SF’s Vandella is an indie-rock/soul outfit in the vein of Fleetwood Mac, Alabama Shakes, and Jenny Lewis. Fronted by the dynamic male + female duo of vocalist Tracey Holland and guitarist Chris Tye, the two distinct songwriters tie their complementary signatures together for a sound that feels both exciting yet effortlessly vibey – evocative of that hazy sheen of their native California.” (bio)