New Thao Nguyen - "Beat (Health, Life, And Fire)" (Stereogum Premiere)
Thao's been a favorite around here since her beautiful contribution to last year's Kill Rock Stars compilation The Sound The Hare Heard, prompting us to dig up her debut full-length Like The Linen. That title has meaning; she spent her high school years working at her mom's laundromat in a D.C. suburb, passing time between customers playing her acoustic. (She credits her intricate fingerpicking to "years of laundry oragami.")
Now it's time for a Kill Rock Stars debut. We are psyched. And in love with this song. No evidence of her Linen years, at least not in the acoustic attack; Thao's strumming it out on "Beat (Health, Fire, And Life)," bringing full band and a brass section to her rich vocals and the tune's lilting melody. And she's got revealing couplets to spare: "How can you stand it / When I run, when I run like a bandit / I wear him like a habit / In the lining of my jacket."
Thao Nguyen - "Beat (Health, Life, And Fire)" (MP3)
We Brave Bee Stings And All is out 1/29/08 on Kill Rock Stars. For those needing a primer, here are some oldies and very goodies, starting with her The Sound The Hare Heard track:
Thao Nguyen - "Feet Asleep" (MP3)
And there's this...
Thao Nguyen - "Chivalry" (MP3)
Make sure to grab "Hills" and "Moped" here, and listen to more at MySpace.
Thao tour:
11/08 - New York, NY @ Joe's Pub
11/09 - Boston, MA @ Paradise
11/10 - Philadelphia, PA @ The Puck
Posted at 2:20 PM in Album Art, MP3
Tags: Thao Nguyen
awesome! love it!
Posted by: Dave at October 31, 2007 8:55 PM | ReplyScore = 0
Good stuff.
Posted by: Sophia at October 31, 2007 10:23 PM | ReplyScore = 0
I can't enough of it... I needs it in me iPod!
Posted by: Kid at November 6, 2007 11:29 PM | ReplyScore = 0
seeing this in your heavy rotation every day makes me so damn jealous. can't. wait. two. months.
Posted by: amy at November 20, 2007 9:53 AM | ReplyScore = 0