The Dalloways

Bio:

.. Who are The Dalloways? Dapper dreampop revisionists with a lush 60's inspired synth pop sound and a wealth of lyrical tales to tell. Must be some sweet ether in that Central California air. Fiction writer turned songsmith Gerhard Enns, keyboard counterpart Cortnie Enns, and the rest of this five-piece tell tales of love and loss, of vapid teen stars, child rebels and jilted lovers moving to Warsaw. And everywhere a slightly melancholy air, the kind you feel when you dream of distant fairs under dark and starry skies. The Dalloways are akin to alt. pop acts such as The Dears, Belle and Sebastian, The Decemberists, and Stars.



In 2005 The Dalloways produced and released their premier full-length CD, Penalty Crusade, a Brit pop inspired album critics hailed as "timeless" (Diskant), "intoxicating" (Indie Workshop), "mature pop that revels in mood and beauty" (Independent Clauses). PC garnered scores of critical reviews and landed among Earfood's "Top 20 of 2005!" alongside Death Cab for Cutie, The Decemberists, Broken Social Scene, and British Sea Power. The band accompanied the album's release with a tour of major cities throughout the Western United States.

The Dalloways are polishing their latest full-length entitled Distant Fairs, a collection of tunes melding the band's post-punk edge with 60's British game show-inspired pop. Big Wheel Magazine has recently predicted that Distant Fairs is "sure to be a masterpiece alongside … Penalty Crusade." The Dalloways plan U.S. and European releases of the new album, accompanied by radio and press supported tours.

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Member Since:

December 19, 2004

Members:

Gerhard Enns: vocals, guitar
Matt Wall: bass
Aaron Wall: drums, vocals
Ricky Gonzales: guitar
Cortnie Cleary Enns: synth, vocals

Influences:

Modern English, Prefab Sprout, The Dream Academy, The Smiths, New Order, The Go-Betweens, Carly Simon, Gilbert O'Sullivan, Leonard Cohen, Lloyd Cole, The Style Council, Burt Bacharach, Echo and the Bunnymen, The Beautiful South, The Carpenters, The Psychedelic Furs, Suede, McCarthy, Pale Fountains, The Wild Swans, Felt, Belle and Sebastian, Pulp, Air, Field Mice, Trembling Blue Stars, Tindersticks, Magnetic Fields, Feist, Stars, Broken Social Scene...

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I Love You Regardless T's!
Available in The Dalloways Shop

Details: This is one awesome shirt designed by Cortnie Cleary herself. The illustrative design is printed on the highest quality Alternative Apparel T-shirts. Women's shirts come in "destroyed" vintage black with antique white lettering or slate gray with turquoise lettering. Men's shirts come in navy with sky blue lettering or chocolate brown with antique white lettering. Super soft cotton T's, super stylish cuts, super design! Click the thumbnails below for a larger picture, and visit The Dalloways Shop to purchase these and other items with Paypal!

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Sounds Like:

"[E]vokes bands of a different era—McCarthy, the Pale Fountains, even Felt—but it is of course timeless."
– Diskant

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"An intoxicating mix of old and new styles that rarely fails to deliver something memorable."
– Indie Workshop

Penalty Crusade makes Earfood's Top 20 of 2005! alongside Death Cab for Cutie, The Decemberists, Broken Social Scene, and British Sea Power.
– Earfood

"Mature pop that revels in mood and beauty."
– Independent Clauses

"Get this record and give these lonely hearts some space on your CD rack. It will give your heartstrings a well-needed strum."
– Outside Left

"A beautiful pop record with a nod to the beautiful pop records of the '80s. ... The Dalloways seem to be coming along at just the right time."
– Earfood

"[A] well-oiled machine creating intricate works of art."
– Neufutur

"Like a casually gorgeous waitress serving Sunday afternoon coffee, The Dalloways serve up pretty California dream-pop delicacies on Penalty Crusade."
– Splendid

"Dreamy California sound meets Brit-pop (and more!). Subtle production touches. Lovelorn album. Play all songs. Gorgeous."
– KZSU 90.1 FM Reviews

"No one slows down the Dalloways, nobody ... they tread their own path through the milky heavens ..."
– N.L. Belardes

"[M]anages to find the sweet ether where California coolness ends and the emotional reverb of '80s British rockers begins."
– The Bakersfield Californian

Record Label:

Bird in Box Records

Label Type:

Indie