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Thursday, 22 October 2009

White Hinterland

White Hinterland - (Portland, OR) White Hinterland is the artist name of Portland, Oregon based Casey Dienel (born March 10, 1985), an American singer-songwriter and pianist. She released her debut album, Wind-Up Canary, in 2006 on Hush Records under her own name. Dienel presently performs and records as White Hinterland, whose first album, titled Phylactery Factory, was released on March 4, 2008, by the independent record label Dead Oceans. "Luniculaire uncovers a surprising side of Casey Dienel. We knew her as the deviser of jazzy, brightly melodic, and somehow disarmingly childlike tunes. This EP introduces an artist willing to embrace the ugly sound, to forgo indie-pop politesse for art-rock attitude, to sing in a language she can't flawlessly speak. The missed opportunities and the overreaches here point nevertheless to that rare thing, a true and thoughtful risk taker, whose gutsy, thoroughly imagined songs signal new directions for an indie auteur in the making." - Pitchfork 6.9

 

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