FASCINOMA ALBUM NEWS!
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Influences
Leonard Cohen, Jeff Buckley, Shirley Horn, Dusty Springfield, Joni Mitchell, Madonna, George Michael, Neutral Milk Hotel, Radiohead, Nirvana, Trent Reznor, Depeche Mode, and Whitney Houston.
I like Vic Chesnutt.
Sounds Like
Sounds just like Fiona Apple, Cat Power, Nick Cave, PJ Harvey, Devics, Mirah, Suzanne Vega, Elliot Smith, The Sundays, Hope Sandoval, and the Pretenders.
Alanna Lin a.k.a. Fascinoma began her musical career at the piano like many Asian children born in the US in the mid-seventies. She studied classical piano and violin and performed competitively as a teenager in various festivals throughout Cleveland, Ohio. From Top-40 radio and early incarnations of MTV, she studied the non-classical forms of Madonna, The Bangles, and Whitney Houston as well as the soulful expressions of both George Michael and Michael Jackson.
On her debut album, Lin handles a range of emotion and perspective with originality and humor --in the mixture of earnestness and hilarity in "I'm Walking This Road Because You Stole My Car (Don't Go)" and in more somber ruminations on a lover's flaws in "Who's Gonna Love You" ("Baby, you think you're so wise/But baby, I've seen you compromise . . .") The production on the album is sparse, built on simple chord progressions, but her voice will satisfy both fans of Cat Power and PJ Harvey-- her creative take on Paula Abdul's 1988 Hit, Straight Up is an unexpected journey from sweetness to fury and back again.
Produced, recorded, and arranged by John Paterno (Los Lobos, Suzanne Vega, Richard Thompson), produced, mixed, and mastered by Raffaello Mazza (Arlo Guthrie, posthumous Jimi Hendrix), with Mike Corwin (Correatown, Red Maids) on guitar, Barbara Gruska (Jenny Lewis, Inara George, Benji Hughes) on drums, Bram Inscore (Beck, Peeping Tom, Jem) on bass and keys, this debut album is made of 'music for road trips and memories.' (Ana Crowe)
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hey
so we're back again with new members and completely new songs. It would be cool if you could check out our page and let us know what you think, even if you don't think anything of it. We have all the info on what's been happening in our new blog. We are playing shows again so come see one and come talk to us.
-and again sorry for commenting like this.
thanks
american art
Hey there. Just wanted to say that I as watching the commentary on American dad and in the episode that has "don't go" in it, they say some nice stuff about you and your music. Pretty cool stuff.
Muchisimas Gracias por todo el apoyo y afecto recibidos hasta el momento! y Gracias al maestro PERET por su colaboración en mi primer single " La Lágrima"
MENSEY
tkn u so much for all the love and support from all of you,here i give u my first single with the King Of la Rumba,, PERET Tkan you maestro for your feat. in "La Lágrima" NEXT WEEK ON SALE! THANK yOU!
hey again, we feel bad sending these but we have to tell you about some new updates. we have remastered all our albums and we have a new album, basically bsides, called rearranging the furniture. it has a cover of arcade fire's rebellion if you would like to check that out. anyway, head to our myspace for free download information. let us know what you think even if you don't think anything of it.
thanks,
american art