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Olivia will bleach tie dye + indigo crystal tie dye a limited number of bandanas by hand. They will be cool. Each will be one-of-a-kind. Colors may range anywhere from black to brown, beige, white, and indigo.
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Olivia will bleach tie-dye a limited number of bandanas by hand. They will be cool. Each will be one-of-a-kind. Colors may range anywhere from black to brown, beige, and white.
Includes unlimited streaming of Lightleak & Watersignwave
via the free Bandcamp app, plus high-quality download in MP3, FLAC and more.
ships out within 10 days
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Limited run of bandanas designed by Stephanie Kuse.
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The pack includes:
1 \\ 4x4" Suncatcher decal that transforms light into rainbows. Put it in your window to light up a space
2 \\ 3x4" Matte black holographic sticker. High quality textured ink + scratch resistant
3 \\ "Great Falls" 2020 EP digital download
Includes unlimited streaming of Lightleak & Watersignwave
via the free Bandcamp app, plus high-quality download in MP3, FLAC and more.
everything right
tracing the foaming milk in the riverside
and it’s a new year
sleep by her open mouth and you crawl inside
it’s hard enough in an empty room
to see what’s different
but light is leaking through the roof
do you feel it?
when you lost it all
you got dirty somehow
you are love
you showed me everything that
didn’t you hear
she went with the birds and probably doing fine
and it’s a new year
sleep by her open mouth and you crawl inside
There’s Talk is an Oakland-based electronic dream pop band fronted by multi-instrumentalist Olivia Lee (vocals, synths, production) joined by collaborators Kellen Balla (production, programming, vocals), & Young Lee (guitar, vocals). Balancing elements of electronica & hazy reverb-drenched shoegaze, the trio creates a majestic sonic landscape. Much of their music is drawn from Lee’s childhood love of electronic synthesizers, her Chinese heritage, & queer identity.
Olivia started taking piano lessons at age 5 in her home state of Virginia. Her music teacher, an eccentric new age electronic composer, arranged original orchestral compositions that Olivia & her family would perform together on three-tier Electone organ/synths. These early recitals established a sensibility for blissful harmonies into her consciousness from an early age.
After the loss of her mother at age 15, music became a balm & an obsession. She channeled her grief into meditative practice on a synthesizer and looper pedal. In 2008 she moved to the Bay Area & found work as a session musician/producer. Her debut EP, Tiny Strands, was rich with eclectic folk influences & transcendent elegies. Young infused the songs with nostalgic shoegaze guitar, & Kellen’s cinematic production & propulsive beats solidified the ambitious electronic soundscapes. Utilizing vocal looping, lush synthesizers, & ethereal guitar, the band toured regionally, supporting acts like Glass Animals, Baths, Cigarettes After Sex, Astronauts, etc., & Holly Miranda.
Their sophomore album, bathed water moon, encapsulated their evolution. The EP quickly garnered comparisons to the soaring dream pop of Beach House & M83, & the genre-melding of Sufjan Stevens & Porches. In the wake of her beloved aunt’s death, Olivia etched the songs that became their third EP, Great Falls—named after a waterfall system in her hometown where she once retreated to for comfort. It is a reflection on transcendence & family, both chosen & blood.
The band's latest singles, Lightleak & Watersignwave, invoke the daunting task of picking up the pieces of yourself after you’ve overcome a devastating blow. Anthemic mantras promise new beginnings & the distinct possibility of transformation: “light is leaking through the roof, do you feel it?” There’s a new fortitude & clarity in Olivia’s vocal that dances in that fog with a sense of boundless possibility. The result is a profoundly reflective, triumphant set of songs. This music insists on an abundant, exploding hopefulness.
credits
released June 13, 2022
Lightleak & Watersignwave recorded by Lien Do @ Different Fur
Additional recording by Beau Sorenson & There's Talk
Lightleak & Ascension live versions recorded by There's Talk at home
Mixed by Beau Sorenson @ Best House
Mastered by Jess Labrador
Artwork by Stephanie Kuse
Photography by Sakara Birdsong
Club Chai co-founder FOOZOOL presents an imaginative EP that joins electronic composition with Armenian folk music and warped samples. Bandcamp New & Notable Dec 19, 2018
