Singer-songwriter Gary Levitt has a solid take on the balance between rural naif and urban hipster that's at the root of the current alt-folk scene, but for all the acoustic guitars and simple musical settings of the third Setting Sun album, he's no Devendra Banhart type of modern flower child. Levitt (who basically is Setting Sun, although Erica Quitzow, adds cello, violin, drums and vocals) has far more in common with Destroyer's Dan Bejar: the 11 songs on Children of the Wild use not only vintage psych and folk-rock as musical touchstones, but the melodramatic likes of Scott Walker and Hunky Dory-era David Bowie, as well as sophisticated '80s college rockers like Prefab Sprout and the Go-Betweens. Moods range from the giddy, strummy pop rush of "Overjoyed" to the whispered tension of "Not Waste," with room for the folkish delicacy of "Morning Song" as well as the trippy edge of the Beck-like single "No Devil Me No More," with the boyish charm of Levitt's vocals and the inventive melodicism of his tunes tying the whole thing together. Children of the Wild may not fit easily into any currently fashionable genre descriptors, but it's definitely worth a listen. - All Music Guide
hook-laden indie-pop probed by twizzling sounds, lashing cellos, driving beats & a voice with words slowly tasted before being released.- parasitesandsycophants
"These tunes have more hooks than a tackle box." - Daily Freeman
"Pop with its edgily tense cortege of suspense straining strings." - Losing Today
"There's a little Bowie in there, and some Elliott Smith, but who cares about comparisons?
Setting Sun writes and plays great songs." - New Times
"The writing would have made it stand out either way." - Pittsburgh Post-Gazzette
"It kind of made me feel like I was 15 again and listening to a new Sub Pop band." - Impact Press
"Spacey, thoughtful, and -- dare I say it -- pretty." -Space City Rock
"Setting Sun is good, and good for you." - News Observer (NC)
"Levitt wails with toned-down tinges of Kurt Cobain's emptiness and Elliot Smith's pain." - West Coast Performer
"It's urgent in a kind of methodical and knowing way." -Tasty Fanzine (UK)
"An intimate lyrical style but expansive music, embracing driving beats, soothing instrumental interludes and aggressive rhythms." - Eugene Weekly
"Like a never-ending treasure hunt. Each song evolves to some completely different end without losing its original idea." - Boise Weekly
"With his voice a biting whisper and guitar work that's quietly emphatic and shrewd as it picks its way around the fretboard, Setting Sun's Gary Levitt has more than a little Elliott Smith in him. We're talking old Elliott Smith here, i.e., the sad, intimate and cloudy days of Roman Candle." - Willamette Weekly (Portland)
"Maybe he’s just an independent thinker who’s onto something." - Las Cruces Pulse
Hi, If you live in New York or the surroundings you can help the French band Jack Dupon by contacting Dave Roberge from Transit Music Group. Here to comment : www.myspace.com/transitmusicgroup Here for an e-mail : transitmusic2@aol.com And tell him, Yes we want Jack Dupon for a United-States-Tour in 2010. Thanks and greetings from France......
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Hey thanks. Warm greetings from spring in oz... Rug up my American brothers & sisters. Or alternatively plan that Australian tour. Hmmm... now there's a thought.
Thanks for adding Thunder Mountain Rockfest, a three-day outdoor rock festival July 8-10, 2010!! Please visit www.rockdakota.com or call 1-877-205-3792 for more information.
