Thao with the Get Down Stay Down is my new favorite band. Thao Nguyen's voice is smokey, her wit is dry, it's inevitable that she's going to be the new indie girl. She's also the most attractive thing to come out of Virginia this side of Pocahontas. She hates comparisons, so I won't make any. I'll just say she's writing the songs that the 90s never saw, but always craved. It's not too little / too late.
She just popped out her second full length album, We Brave Bee Stings And All, which manages to be professional without being uptight, and simple without being juvenile. Her themes of projection and reflection have grown considerably since her first album, Like the Linen; she has matured and has finally learned to take responsibility, rather than blaming others for her missteps. According to her, the album is also heavily influenced by a former chicken/friend that was eaten by a raccoon when she was only the tender age of 5, and how that has denied her from trusting anyone ever since then. Ma-toor.
I checked out her show with the GDSD in Cambridge, at the Middle East Upstairs. Just so happened to be Superbowl Sunday, so Boston wasn't in a terribly elated mood, but they still rocked it. Definitely looking forward for them to come back to Boston with Xiu Xiu. Thao is also hilarious, and so is the rest of the band for that matter. Look out for that fire!
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