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Class Actress
The 2012 Line-up
- The Flaming Lips
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- Porter Robinson
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- Atlas Sound
- Wye Oak
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- Matthew Dear
- Craig Finn
- Class Actress
- Veronica Falls
- Mac McCaughan (Solo)
- Imperial Teen
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Playing
Thursday Feb 16 6:00 PM
on Academy of Sciences
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A few years ago Elizabeth Harper was cutting her teeth in the music jungle known as Los Angeles, playing clubs and looking to get a chance to form a career out of performing, finding some success, but nothing that took her to great heights. Enter Mark Richardson. He did a remix of one of her original tunes, this time with a more electronic approach, and she approved, so much so that she opted to move to Brooklyn and set up shop with Richardson and collab- orate on producing a revamped version of her sound. This was in 2009.
Fast forward to 2012. Harper and Richardson have now included Scott Rosenthal into the fold, and have joined to form a musical Voltron that is now known as Class Actress (an inside joke poking fun at Harper’s one-time decision to pursue an acting degree). They released their debut EP, Journal of Ardency, on Chris Taylor’s (Grizzly Bear) Terrible Records. Their latest full-length, Rapprocher, released in October of 2011 on Carpark Records, was met with high praise, being dubbed as one of the best “indie” albums of 2011 by Allmusic. Not bad for such a short stint thus far.
It’s fair to say that the key to the success of Class Actress is a mix of well produced, synth driven music and the rich and enchanting vocal style that Harper brings to the plate. Drawing comparisons to Depeche Mode and The Human League, Rapprocher is filled with nods to the ‘80s electromantic era but stays relevant with its simple yet refined production quality —much like many of the bedroom produced albums that have been turning heads for the past couple of years. The album would be well suited as background music at a house party as much as it would be fun to witness in a live setting. Not a one-trick-pony by any means, songs on the album vary from steady and melancholic to upbeat and danceable.
ANDREW POHL
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