Orange You Glad/Birthday

About a week ago I was strolling through Real Estate's Myspace page and I happened upon a gentleman by the name of Julian Lynch in their top friends, so I clicked. Lucky for me that I did. Lynch summons some hypnotic sounds on the two CD-Rs he sent me, Orange You Glad and Birthday. The former came packaged in a heavier stock paper with some owls on it, while the latter, the second release on Buffalo Songs, depicts what I believe to be one man in an orange robe giving a second nude man an anal enema with what appears to be a neti pot.

I've got no track listing to work with (EDIT: NOW I DO), but it's not hard to talk on the sound as a whole. We find light drumming and deep, yet subtle bass rhythms accompanied by a golden haze, comprised of Lynch's lazy vocalizations, ethereal electronic swirls, and meandering guitar noodles. I'm compelled to liken the sound to a way looser Galaxie 500, with a definite similarity to Matthew Mondanile's Ducktails in its seeming attempt to recreate the season of Summer as sound. While Lynch produces a bit more dark and powerful effect than Ducktails at times, and doesn't embrace repetition to such an extent, the comparisons rest in the layering of gauzy tracks over each other to create a single fabric.

"Venom," the first track on Orange You Glad, rotates, suspended in air, until sharp guitar stabs dominate, recede, then return triumphantly after a spell of pulsations. "Winterer One" follows, five minutes of swirling mellow. The best piece is probably "Andaza," which could be a completely soothing Deerhunter song with Lynch flexing the falsetto while guitars drone, rising from the back to the foreground. The sound is underneath briny water with shards of light permeating, though at the same time we're miles from the beach on a back porch, willows swaying in the yard. It's a shame I received this in the muddy slog of late winter (ALSO EDIT: IT'S NOW 60°), for this will potentially be best enjoyed in the breeze on the balcony, hoping the train doesn't screech by.

Listen to streaming tracks ("Venom," "Andaza," more) and support the man by picking up his CDs all right here.

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Speaking of those Real Estate dudes, they've got a new track up on their Myspace, which seems to be just about a weekly venture. Sticking with the summer theme, this one's called "Beach Comber," more Grateful Dead dust.