Too Dark For a Picture
It's a storyline fit for a movie script: An accidental meeting in a karaoke bar between a gifted, electro-beat boy and a pixie-faced folkie girl with a great voice. The combination of their unlikely elements sparks an exciting musical fusion. Next stop, fame and fortune?
Although the fame and fortune have not yet happened, this is the story behind Too Dark For a Picture. Rachel Williams tells me, "We met at a coffee shop in downtown Ventura (California) last year, which happened to be hosting an open mic I forced myself into at the last minute. Max was there, I had a demo on hand, and the rest was a blast." Max recalls having to lift his lower jaw up off the floor when he heard Rachel sing.
Although both Rachel and her TDFAP collaborator Max Golding are working on solo projects, that accidental meeting has led to recording nine songs together. Kind of like peanut butter falling into chocolate, the combination is something quite different than either one by themselves. Max's dance beats give Rachel's dreamy tunes a kick in the pants. Rachel's lyrics bring focus to Max's churning instrumental landscapes. Both take the other to an entirely different musical place than either thought of going.
Think: Portishead on prozac...Cat Power with drum and bass...Fiona Apple with a California glow.
Rachel and Max plan to complete their current projects before returning to TDFAP. Max is working on an album of sound perversion called Dizzy Fingers under the name of Maxwell Lewis? Yes, with the question mark. Rachel has her own solo project, Birds Fled From Me and also performs with Bedroom Eyes. Write to her on MySpace, and for $5 she'll make you a CD of five of her songs.
Meanwhile, I'm hoping for the happy ending to this story. Listen to these songs, and then try to forget them. Just try, I dare you. You'll be back.
Too Dark For a Picture: Only Dreaming
Too Dark For a Picture: Do Not Fear the Dark
Birds Fled From Me: Why I'm Not
Maxwell Lewis?: Televators (Mars Volta cover)
Too Dark For a Picture: myspace
Rachel: Birds Fled From Me myspace | Bedroom Eyes myspace
Max: Maxwell Lewis? myspace
Buy Maxwell Lewis? Scraps on itunes
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