Showing posts with label Tasseomancy. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Tasseomancy. Show all posts

Tuesday, January 3, 2012

The A.V. Club Gets Fresh With Tasseomancy's "Ulalume"

"The group’s core members, sisters Sari and Romy Lightman, also spend time providing occasional backup vocals for the synth-pop outfit Austra, but Ulalume couldn’t be farther from the future; as if fueled by opium, occultism, and sheer awe in the face of unknowable forces, the album’s sparse, pale folk forms a ghostly afterimage." Read The A.V. Club's entire write up right here!

Tuesday, August 30, 2011

Tasseomancy Premiere Their Latest Track "Diana" On RCRD LBL

"It’s clear on “Diana” that the two could go sans instruments and be equally arresting, yet the slow drift from ambient croon to celestial pop and back makes for one of the richest tracks of the year thus far. Full-length Ulalume is out today on Out of This Spark." Listen to "Diana" and read the full write up over on RCRD LBL.

Friday, August 26, 2011

Tasseomancy Premiere Their New Video For “Soft Feet” On CMJ

"The twin sisters of Canadian neo-folk duo Tasseomancy, Sari and Romy Lightman, have a new album coming out via This Spark next week. In advance of the release of Ulalume, we have the U.S. premiere for Tasseomancy’s video for “Soft Feet.” The duo list its influences as ambient sounds, drone music and Eastern songs, all of which are present and accounted for here, from the ghostly lyrics to the sustained groans of a cello." Catch Tasseomancy's new video below and head over to CMJ to read the full article.

Tasseomancy - Soft Feet from Tasseomancy on Vimeo.

Wednesday, August 24, 2011

Tasseomancy's Latest Full-Length "Ulalume" Premieres on Sadie Magazine

"Tasseomancy, if you don’t already know, is sisters Sari and Romy Lightman (touring members of Austra). You might have been a fan of their folkier incarnation, Ghost Bees; Tasseomancy brings the noise a bit more, but is equally as awesome (if not more so)." Stream Tasseomancy's latest in full at Sadie Magazine.

Monday, July 18, 2011

Tasseomancy's Single "Healthy Hands" Featured on Nylon Magazine

"Tasseomancy's upcoming sophomore album, Ulalume (recorded with and produced by Timber Timbre), is dark, eerie, and a little bit off-kilter, so it becomes more intriguing the more times you press play. Their first single, "Healthy Hands" combines moody droning and folksy rhythms, making it a spooky Halloween soundtrack that you'll want to listen to all year long."Read the full review and listen to Tasseomancy's new single "Healthy Hands."

Thursday, July 14, 2011

Tasseomancy on Brooklyn Vegan

"You may recognize the voices of Sari and Romy Lightman as the haunting backup singers for Toronto synth-poppers Austra. They are also the forces behind their own, equally dark but folkier group Tasseomancy." Watch the video for Tasseomany's "Heavy Sleep" and read the full article over at Brooklyn Vegan.

Thursday, June 30, 2011

NPR Premier: Tasseomancy "Heavy Sleep" video

NPR premiered the brand new video for Tasseomancy today! "['Heavy Sleep'] is about how terror is extracted from our daily anxieties," Sari Lightman says. "And [then] manifests into something beautifully surreal in sleep."

Thursday, June 16, 2011

Bust Magazine eagerly awaits Tasseomancy's upcoming debut!


"Songs like "Diana" and "The Darkness of Things" trully come across as otherworldly. I felt like a real frump dump listening to them in my sweatpants the other night, and mentally whisked myself away to a creepier and much more sophisticated location." Read the rest at Bust!