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Page France
Page France's folk-pop doesn't seem all that inspiring on the surface. But a closer inspection reveals its careful nuance and clever nooks and crannies. The music lovingly constructed using simple, sparse components. Page France's songs are spacious and airy, with a restrained use of strummy acoustic guitar, soft organs, plinky glockenspiel, gentle tambourine, and the pretty, child-like backing vocals of keyboardist Whitney McGraw. Meanwhile Michael Nau's striking voice lends the band's music an air of innocence, with a bit of plaintiveness. The arrangements aren't complicated, but they invariably bolster Nau's memorable melodies. These catchy pop gems display a deliberate hand in instrumentation but also a sincerity and wonder that's hard to fake.
Nau has gained a reputation for prolificacy, a tendency to include references to Christianity in his work, and a limited palette of sounds. But Nau converts his apparent weaknesses into strengths: His hummably straightforward songs stick in the brain, and his wonderment in the simplest of things is infectious.
Page France - Chariot
Page France - Million Man Money Hand
Page France - My Antarctica (My Beloved Home)
Visit Page France's official site. Buy Hello, Dear Wind from Amazon or iTunes.
Posted by Queen of the Front Row at 03.06.07 at 5:33 PM
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