#15 - Now Now Every Children - Cars

Artist:  Now Now Every Children
Album:  Cars
Label:  Afternoon Records
Release Date:  July 9th, 2009

Ian Anderson, the owner of Afternoon Records, sent me an email in the summer of 2008 with a demo version of Now Now Every Children's song Not One, But Two.  I never heard of Afternoon Records or Now Now Every Children.  I listened and I couldn't stop listening.

Cacie Dalager and Brad Hale make up this lo-fi duo that has potential to be the next indie alt rock mainstream darlings.  Cacie's almost eerie, childlike vocals mixed with stripped down, lo-fi guitars and drums makes them a Sonic Youth fan's dream.

Cars reminds me of PJ Harvey's Rid Of Me album mixed with any Sonic Youth album or Guided By Voices album of the 90's.  It's quiet music mixed with dirty guitar sounds and stripped down drums.  But don't forget to relish the grungy jam sessions that sporadically pop up in almost every song.

The songs on Cars reeks of innocence.  You can almost tell that Cacie and Brad weren't influenced by the artists of the lo-fi movement of the 80's and 90's but are writing songs from the heart.  These kids (teenagers when the album was written) have a bright future and major labels will come-a-knockin'.

Not One, But Two - Now, Now Ev...