Selon Recliner
About Selon Recliner from Auckland
The Orchid Door... new album
Building
on the low-lit interior sounds of their critically acclaimed 2006 debut REST
ROOM, Selon Recliner have released their second album, THE ORCHID DOOR. Working with Producer Dave Holmes (Gramsci, Jacob)
the band has explored a steeper landscape, exiting the REST ROOM & soaring
across a more varied terrain.
Selon
Recliner’s music
has been described as having a dark, hypnotic
beauty that breezes along on mellow atmospheric guitars, poignant keys and
gentle beats. Their Dark Pop label will be furthered by their new work, while
showcasing a richer pallet of mood and atmosphere.
“If
Restroom was our interior album then THE ORCHID DOOR is definitely about
exteriors”, says vocalist and co-songwriter Belinda Bradley.
Name
change. After
continuing confusion with the San Francisco neo punk band of the same name,
Recliner has adjusted their identity to Selon Recliner. Selon is French for
“according to” or “ the thoughts of”, which seems very apt indeed.
For an
audio preview of some of the new material visit www.selonrecliner.com.
BACK STORY
SELON RECLINER are a NZ band who create music that leans towards the cinematic & evocative. A band laced with song writing & visual arts talent, a lounge suite of crushed velvet sound waiting to be slept on.
During 2004 demos piled up on the sideboard and the songs were trialed in live shows. Steady recording took the band underground during the winter of 2005; they emerged again with the release of their debut album REST ROOM in April 2006. It was received enthusiastically with the album being dubbed “Moody, Dark Pop” by reviewers.
It collected a couple of international awards, a handful of nominations, charted on a swag of College Radio stations in North America, and picked up licensing deals to MTV, USA along with several other American Production Networks. The sofa had been slept on and the REST ROOM had exhausted its occupancy… it was time to create another space. The welcome mat will soon be placed outside THE ORCHID DOOR.
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