Pittsburgh's Boca Chica plays a brand of music that shifts between lush, string-laden indie folk, quirky and wistful alt-alt country jams, and the occasional beery retro-country romp. Boiled down to its core, Boca Chica is singer/songwriter Hallie Pritts. Pritts' loping, occasionally surreal songs are best compared to other genre-bending artists such Sufjan Stevens, Iron & Wine, and Bright Eyes.Transform into Beasts, Boca Chica's first full-length effort, employs lush strings (Megan Williams), layered accordion riffs (David Bernabo), and tasty electric guitar (Greg Dutton) with Matt Miller (percussion) and Susanna Meyer (upright bass) providing a solid, thoughtful rhythm section. A signature of their style, Meyer and Dutton also add vocal harmony to many tracks, most notably in the Belle and Sebastian-esque "Paper Way", and the dark yet comforting, "Big Calm". In the haunting, bowed bass and accordion-heavy Blackberries and the poignant gypsy jam of Rooftops, Alleyways, TIB is clearly influenced by sound engineer David Bernabo, a man-about-the-scene in avant-garde and experimental music. Yet TIB remains very accessible. Pritts songs leave you with a taste of home—like the solitude of sitting on your porch late at night or the warm glow of a weekend afternoon with your one true love.
mp3: Blackberries :: Beasts
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