New York, NY (Top40 Charts/ Girlie Action Media & Marketing) Pretty Good Dance Moves released their album LIMO this week on MAD Dragon/Township (2/7/12). With MTV Hive premiering the video for "2nd Movement (1000 Sasa)"
HERE, which was directed by Antoine Wagner (Phoenix "Listomania"). The band enlisted the sultry vocals of Brazilian Girls' singer Sabina Sciubba for the record,and the live singer will beAngelina Lucero for this round of live shows through the Mid West (see full list below). Earlier, Stereogum exclusively premiered "8th Movement (I Wonder Why)"
HERE.
""Movement 2 (1000 Sasa)" works out of context as well. It's a brief, burbling nugget of a celebratory, videogame synth melody built over a crunchy, distorted bass groove and accented by Brazilian Girls' Sabina Sciubba's silky, pointedly sung hook about "frozen sunsets."- MTV Hive
"Remember when VHS tapes came in colors, specifically bubblegum pink? This is the sonic version of that." - RCRD LBL
"…a triumphant little electro-pop track that tickles hearts and synths and hearts like Passion Pit, trades and harmonizes vocals like Ra Ra Riot or those guys behind "Young Folks." - Stereogum
The synthy-electro dance band Pretty Good Dance Moves with Jimmy Giannopoulosand Aaron Allietta at the core, is based out of Brooklyn, NY and spent the last few years cutting tracks with dozens of collaborators, including Bjorn Yttling (Peter Bjorn & John), Lissy Trullie, Patience Hodgson (The Grates), Linnea Jonsson (Those Dancing Days) & Genevieve Schatz (Company of Thieves). The band released their self-titled debutPGDM EP in 2010.
Pretty Good Dance Moves new album LIMO was cut at their Brooklyn apartment and in Paris, France. LIMO crosses electro-experimental-ambient and disco boundaries and takes a different approach from their previous recordings. Limo is 32 minutes long, composed of 8 movements and intended to be listened to as one complete work from start to finish. PGDM's intention was to make a record, not singles! Sabina Sciubba of Brazilian Girls is the featured vocalist on LIMO and sings in 3 different languages (English, German and French).
A long form music video to accompany LIMO was produced by French filmmaker Antoine Wagner (credits include "From a Mess to the Masses" a documentary about the rise of the French rock band Phoenixas well as their music video "Listomania") and will be available shortly.
Pretty Good Dance Moves was born when the group combined their analog synths and drum machine collections and began experimenting with electro/dance tracks in 2006. After a few years of experimenting the group cut some demos which were released by the group independently. These recordings caught the attention of Seattle's influential KEXP radio station, which invited the band to do an in-studio while they were broadcasting in Chicago for a week. This dynamic performance, which was their first ever, immediately launched the band into the spotlight, with a KEXP staff member later naming it the best in-studio of the year. Meanwhile, Spin Magazine decided to premiere their video starring the correspondent from the Daily Show/ Flight of the Conchords personality Kristen Schaal.
Pretty Good Dance Moves Tour Dates:
2/15: Marquette, MI @ Upfront and Company
2/16: Minneapolis, MN @ Minneapolis Institute of Arts
2/17: St. Paul, MN @ The Amsterdam Bar and Hall
2/18: Des Moines, IA @ Vaudeville Mews
2/20: Madison, WI @ The Frequency
2/21: Daytrotter Session - Recording and Live streaming
2/21: Iowa City, IA @ The Mill
2/22: Lincoln, NE @ Zoo Bar
2/23: Kansas City @ Record Bar
2/25: Chicago, IL @ Empty Bottle
2/26: Cincinnati, OH @ MOTR Pub
Pretty Good Dance Moves
LIMO
(2/7/12 on MAD Dragon / Township Records)
Track listing LIMO:
01. 1st Movement
02. 2nd Movement (1000 Sasa)
03. 3rd Movement
04. 4th Movement
05. 5th Movement
06. 6th Movement
07. 7th Movement
08. 8th Movement (I Wonder Why)
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