"Cheval Sombre" CD Cheval Sombre Double Feature Records.
"Delicate, druggy, slowcore folk. Produced by Sonic Boom, with musical contributions from Dean &Britta. This CD contains tracks from his out-of-print 7” singles (issued on the UK label, Static Caravan, and a whole lot more.
"A Thousand Wildflowers" CD The Sand Pebbles are another great band recently released on our Double Feature Records label - Australian flower punk -- equal parts Buffalo Springfield & Wire. A Thousand Wild Flowers, a compilation of the best songs from three extremely rare albums by the band, is now available in our STORE.
Soundtrack EP
Includes 3 tracks from The Squid & The Whale
BAND MEMBERS:
Dean Wareham: Vocals & guitar
Britta Phillips: Vocals, bass, keys
Matt Sumrow: Wurlitzer, keyboards, guitar, vocals
Jason Lawrence: drums, bass, guitar, vocals
Lee Waters: drums, bass, guitar, vocals
Anthony LaMarca: drums, vocals, bass, guitar
Influences
New Order, Dusty Springfield, Ennio Morricone, Lee Hazlewood, Serge Gainsbourg, Jonathan Richman, Nina Simone, John Barry, The Velvet Underground, Nancy Sinatra, Marlene Dietrich, Spacemen 3, The Bee Gees
As the leader of slowcore pioneers Galaxie 500 and Luna, Dean Wareham crafted practically perfect atmospheric pop,
spacey lounge-act fare suitable for cocktails and candles. Wareham's book, "Black Postcards: A Memoir", was just released in paperback by Penguin Press.
Before joining Luna as a bass player, Britta starred in the movie Satisfaction with Julia Roberts, Justine Bateman and Liam Neeson, and was the singing voice of 80s cartoon character, JEM.
Over the past several years, Wareham & former Luna bandmate Britta Phillips have scored Noah Baumbach's film The Squid & The Whale and teamed up with producer Tony Visconti (Bowie, T. Rex) to record two albums, "L'Avventura," and "Back Numbers."
'Steeped in the 1960s avant-kitsch made everlastingly cool by Lee Greenwood and Nancy Sinatra—as well as Serge Gainsbourg and his conquests du jour—the singers strike a comely balance between the retro and the real. Phillips is a charming sex kitten, one whose breathy allure can swell into a shout on mock-orchestral love anthems like “Turn My Head Around,” a song so perfectly shaped it fits the vocalist like Anna Karina’s sweater.'
Dean & Britta started up their own label last year, Double Feature Records, to re-release "L'Avventura" which had gone out of print. They have now released albums by other artists they love.
Last year, Dean & Britta were commissioned by The Warhol Museum to write and perform songs to accompany 13 of Andy Warhol's screen tests.
Now on DVD,
13 Most Beautiful...Songs for Andy Warhol's Screen Tests features 13 of Warhol's classic silent film portraits with songs & instrumentals by Dean & Britta. Subjects include Nico, Lou Reed, Edie Sedgwick, Dennis Hopper, and more. Shot between 1964 and 1966 at Warhol's Factory studio in New York City, this is the first ever authorized DVD release of films by Andy Warhol.
Dean & Britta, with their band, will continue touring the world with the show through 2010, performing beneath projections of these 13 Silver Factory Superstars.
Hello dean & breta we would like to introduce you our new song with a small video preview, please take a look into our myspace and check it out. Your comment will be greatly appreciate!!
Thankyou for an incredible performance at the Malthouse in Melbourne. It lived up to, and exceeded every expectation. After meeting you both, I can honestly say that you are the "Two Most Beautiful People" making equally beautiful music!
We look forward to seeing you perform again in Australia next year!
i love you guys so much! please keep up the beautiful music that you make together-but britta- i hope you aren't being hid under a bushell! would love to hear more of those power vocals that you are naturaly used to! peace,luv n' jazz, griff.
Everyone loves "Black Postcards" - I love it too. Every other page makes me laugh out loud. Of course, it helps if you've played in a band. Then you *know* what Dean is talking about. Not that I ever want to imply that I've even had a fraction of the sucess that Dean has had. Hardly. Just can relate to the aggravation - lol - that seems to afflict even unsuccessful bands.
So - now I'm listening to all my old Galaxie 500 and Luna records. I want the guitar solos and jams to go on *even longer*
If you asked me last night I’d have said the show was at a small club called “The Lovin’ Cup,” in Rochester, New York ... though on reflection this morning, all I can seem to remember is that the stratosphere on both sides of me began to matrix, and when Dean & Britta struck their first chords the floor slipped away leaving me supported by a wash of gold and silver notes that flowed around me like phosphorescent waves, holding me tentatively in place, with the earth lightyears below. From somewhere behind, yet all around, I felt the crowd inhale a collective breath ... and I was lost in the groove.
I have no idea how I got home, all I know is that my cat is purring in my ear, and while things around me look much the same, I’ve been forever changed ... and I’m very, very happy.
Come back to Chicago when you can. Consider a Luna reunion? 
