bianca sparta plays the drums. leyna noel sings & plays the heavy, fragile fender rhodes; her grandmother’s piano; silvertone acoustic or melody maker electric guitars. devon on the cello, come back to us.
Influences
gavin bryars' "jesus blood never failed me yet" & "the sinking of the titanic", leonard cohen "field commander cohen", susanne vega "world before columbus", sibylle baier, prokofiev "dance of the knights" +
45's....
woozy music; chiming & glorious mono; hymns, torch songs, fight songs, good choruses; anything artfully and honestly done; especially these albums: Bob Dylan "Time Out of Mind", Neil Young "Harvest Moon", Radiohead "OK Computer", Rasputina "Cabin Fever", Nina Nastasia "The Blackened Air" and certainly: Patsy Cline, Tom Waits, Shannon Worrell, Judy Garland, Electric Light Orchestra, Nina Simone, Neutral Milk Hotel/Jeff Mangum, Edith Piaf, Pablo Casals, what Wilco and Billy Bragg did with Guthrie remnants, Fleetwood Mac, The Kinks; and finally, these A-sides: "Whiter Shade of Pale", "96 Tears", "Oh How Happy", "Dream On", "Waterloo Sunset"
Sounds Like
the finer things EP (2008);
from the mouth of the jar (2006);
the honest voluptuary (2004).
available at shows or by particular arrangement.
blooming in the mission, a new collaborative iteration of leyna noel (also plays with mirah) and bianca sparta (of erase errata yes-ness). fender-rhodes, drums, electricity. we grin when we play. fierce lovely new-oldies. last week we recorded a new EP with eli crews at new, improved recording in oakland; five favorites and one new song. you may sample it here. bringing you our new fun makes the apples of our cheeks very rosy. so thank you.
leyna noel & the finer things's Friend Space (Top 16)
If you are not on tour, you, my loverly lady, best be at my beach house in Bodega Bay this weekend to celebrate me, and well, being alive and making it to 26. Yes?
are you still in cali? i'm making my way to washington this summer again. i want to see if there's anyway possible if we can meet up. like, i'll fly to where ever you are on my way home or there and we can have lunch or... something.
daaaamn. finer things! i like the snazzy uprock. get up to get on down. et cetera. there will be a goldman on the west coast at some point this summer, guaranteed. stay tuned.
Just wanted to give you a heads up that I'll be playing out at the very swanky Crash Mansion this Wednesday March 26th at 8:00pm with my band, followed by Clara Lofaro's CD release party for her third studio album Perfekt World. I'll also be performing the next day March 27th at 8:00pm at Spike Hill in Williamsburg. Check out my profile for more info. Please come out and support us!!!
Hey Leyna! How are you? Glad to see you're out there playing and sharing your lovely music ^_^ We miss you over here. When are coming to NY for a visit? ^_^ Sarah
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