wait. think. fast.
Emotronic / Hyphy / Tango
|
|
 |
"Vuelve Al Mar - out now!! iTunes, etc.!"
Echo Park/Downey/Los Feliz, California
United States
Profile Views:
54146
Last Login:
11/17/2008
|
|
View My:
Pics
| Videos
|
|
 |
|
|
http://www.myspace.com/waitthinkfast |
|
|
| wait. think. fast.: General Info
|
|
|
|
![]() |
wait. think. fast.'s Latest Blog Entry
[Subscribe to this Blog]
|
Remezcla.com feature
(view more)
|
"Vuelve Al Mar" available now!
(view more)
|
L.A. Record "Vuelve Al Mar" album review
(view more)
|
A Live Review in Performer Magazine
(view more)
|
Slouching Towards Los Angeles
(view more)
|
| [View All Blog Entries] |
| About wait. think. fast. |
Our new record "Vuelve Al Mar" is now available at iTunes!
An indie darkland of whirlpooled, noise-spiked atmospherics cut through by the lipcurled and smoke-hewn sensuousness of Jacqueline Santillan’s bilingual vocals and the sinewy crunch of wiry, Wire-y guitar lines, Wait.Think.Fast.’s Vuelve al Mar is nearly as complete a vision as any EP is allowed to be—in its thirty minutes the record swirls from the lean sinew of chiming postpunk (“Clear Our Name”) to ambient trickles of silvery, synthy beauty (“Cien Fuegos”), with each track in between bearing the band’s uniquely noirish stamp of gently apocalyptic (figure that one out) beauty. Sure, they echo a bit of the Bunnymen (Johnny Marr, too, but then that kills the pun), but that’s it—just echoes. The rest belongs to the band, and to those lucky enough to listen.
— Travis Woods, webinfront.net, October 2008
Wait.Think.Fast play quick ("Surface Streets," pushing a little seagull guitar that reminds me of Ride with a nervous "fearless/forward" chorus) or charming ("Clear Our Name" is absolutely radio-ready—takes off like someone's chasing it!) but find their best when they are deep and slow and sad, like "Heavy Water" (with singer Jacqueline most tenderly aflutter in all the heartbreaking places) or the stand-out "Cien Fuegos," a dream-pop song powered by a lonely little flame all its own. Mazzy Star melancholy and mechanics on much of this, but you can feel a lot of other favorites that might be here, too: Johnny Marr and Neko Case and maybe Debbie Harry? Listener-scholars who knew how tiny parts have to align with big parts. Pinpoint production by Matthew Beighley and Jacqueline Santillan, picks out undiscovered nooks and knuckles for every listen on songs like "Heavy Water," where about five counterpointing ideas somehow sway into salutary balance, and time takes a cigarette before closer "Pajaros De Papel," an auld-lang-syne finish to an EP that already feels like an album. (Which will be coming real quick after this if the world does its math right.) People love those uncommon songs that get you feeling happy and sad both for the same four minutes; here waits a set you haven't heard yet.
—L.A. Record, September 2008
"The piano-based set featured powerfully resonating keyboards and hauntingly passionate vocals, reminiscent of Patti Smith. Argentinean vocalist and keyboardist Jacqueline Santillan, highlighted the band’s Spanish language songs ...the band managed to play an amazingly beautiful and powerful series of electro-pop/rock songs."
Performer Magazine July 2008
www.performermag.com/wcp.livereviews.0807.php
"...a female fronted Echo and The Bunnymen and The Smiths with an ethnic twist. Santillan's vocals hover like clouds above the firmly rooted post punk influenced guitars."
Amateur Chemist, May 2008
"Wait Think Fast undoubtedly performed the best set of music they have ever done and if you have not heard their new, lusher than lush sound, your life would be incomplete without it."
L.A. Underground reviews Origami Records Showcase, April 2008
"...listening to Wait Think Fast is like having dreams forced on your brain."
Classical Geek Theater Blog, Feb 2008
"...Wait Think Fast's new songs are beautiful..."
L.A. Underground, Feb 2008
"Atmospheric, ethereal, and jazzy, Wait Think Fast is an outstanding debut EP. The creative juggernaut behind the group, Jacqueline was quite busy with this debut: writing, producing, and tickling the ivories. But it’s her nonchalance, her indifference, her subtle F-U attitude that really transcends the album, taking it to a level rarely seen by debut songwriters. A potential Femme Fatale in the making, Santillan and Wait Think Fast should make sublime music together for a long time."
- www.cdreviews.com, August 2007
“Wait Think Fast are a multi-ethnic Los Angeles band that put a Latin spin on an early '80s post-punk sound. Argentinean born singer/pianist Jacqueline Santillan's sultry alto often sounds like PJ Harvey sitting in with Interpol.”
- NPR All Songs Considered, July 2007
"The music is creative, sharp, balanced and made of the same material as the heart"
- Shaun Kadlec- SK/AR Media, July 2007
"Wait Think Fast: Ex-Central City Transmission’s keyboardist introduces the new cool."
- Razorcake, July 2007
"Everyone gives what he has. The warrior gives strength, the merchant
gives merchandise, the teacher teachings, the farmer rice, the fisher
fish."
"Yes indeed. And what is it now what you've got to give? What is it
that you've learned, what you're able to do?"
"I can think. I can wait. I can fast."
"That's everything?"
"I believe, that's everything!"
-Siddhartha by Herman Hesse
|
|
| wait. think. fast.'s Friend Space (Top 20) |
|
wait. think. fast. has 1513 friends.
|
|
|
|
|
|
