Wednesday, October 31, 2007
She must break a lot of hearts with that voice.
We saw Lili De La Mora perform at Timbrespace a few years ago after being quite taken with her gentle folk style that had us recalling the fragile tone of Harriet Wheeler, Karen Peris, Kristín Valtýsdóttir, and our very shy 6-year-old niece. She has a voice that's barely a whisper, more like the sound of feathers floating on clouds. Truly, you probably wouldn't even know she was singing if it were not for the tears crawling down your face.
While she has led various projects including Sidecar and RF & Lili (both amazing), her most active work comes to us in the form of The Year Zero, a magnificent space pop group from Long Beach that fans of Great Northern, Broadcast, and Stereolab will love. We've caught several shows at The Prospector, the Que Sera and {open} in the last year since they seldom play in Los Angeles. But then we just couldn't take it anymore and got them for our show this Friday at pehrspace, which is like coming full circle.
Feathers floating on clouds, I tell you.
The Year Zero perorms at pehrspace on 11/2 and The Prospector on 11/15. "Oceania, I Will Return" is available through Skipping Stones Records. Photo above taken by CS at Timbrespace, 2/12/05.
The Year Zero - "Holland, Say Hello" (MP3) Limited time download
The Year Zero - "Made of Nothing" (Sweet Trip Remix) (MP3)
