These Wings
by Wise Blood
Added 2011-11-24 18:15:00Z
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Avg rating: 7.8 | 235 plays | Pop
Loose Lips Records is proud to announce a new artist to their roster, Pittsburgh’s broken pop lothario Wise Blood aka Chris Laufman.
"We buried kids sometimes, in a part of the cemetery we called BabyLand," Wise Blood says. "Before I started [making music], I felt bad for myself because I got out of a long term relationship, but then I realized that this dead kid was just nine years old. It helped me embrace life, even the terrible shit."
Christopher Laufman, a Pittsburgh native who goes by Wise Blood – is parlaying the darkness of those days into something a bit lighter on These Wings. Already stateside, The Fader has wondered if Wiseblood’s first single ‘Solo (4 Claire’) was recorded in an ‘old-timey saloon,’ Pitchfork has given him its ‘Rising’ title, Stereogum has dubbed him a "cemetery worker/warped bedroom-pop alchemist" and fashion icon Daphne Guinness has given her stamp of approval as the star in a video for ‘B.I.G. E.G.O’.
Lead single ‘I'm Losing My Mind’ perhaps best represents the theme stretching across These Wings' seven tracks and Laufman's twelve-plus months as an undertaker. The despair in the song is palpable and Laufman seems six-feet-deep until the optimism of lessons learned leaks through in the form of his melodic offerings. Elsewhere on the EP, "Loud Mouths" saunters across a haunted piano and crackling snares as Wise Blood sings about "snakes in disguise" and his samples turn into church. Much of Wise Blood's music, both on his debut EP, +, and on These Wings, is built upon samples, like a Beach House song drenched in heavy bass. "I wanted to make pop songs but have them be a collage from different sources to make something new," he told Pitchfork. "I really want to focus on melody, I think it's one of the most important aspects of music, being able to mix noise and melody and have it work right."
"We buried kids sometimes, in a part of the cemetery we called BabyLand," Wise Blood says. "Before I started [making music], I felt bad for myself because I got out of a long term relationship, but then I realized that this dead kid was just nine years old. It helped me embrace life, even the terrible shit."
Christopher Laufman, a Pittsburgh native who goes by Wise Blood – is parlaying the darkness of those days into something a bit lighter on These Wings. Already stateside, The Fader has wondered if Wiseblood’s first single ‘Solo (4 Claire’) was recorded in an ‘old-timey saloon,’ Pitchfork has given him its ‘Rising’ title, Stereogum has dubbed him a "cemetery worker/warped bedroom-pop alchemist" and fashion icon Daphne Guinness has given her stamp of approval as the star in a video for ‘B.I.G. E.G.O’.
Lead single ‘I'm Losing My Mind’ perhaps best represents the theme stretching across These Wings' seven tracks and Laufman's twelve-plus months as an undertaker. The despair in the song is palpable and Laufman seems six-feet-deep until the optimism of lessons learned leaks through in the form of his melodic offerings. Elsewhere on the EP, "Loud Mouths" saunters across a haunted piano and crackling snares as Wise Blood sings about "snakes in disguise" and his samples turn into church. Much of Wise Blood's music, both on his debut EP, +, and on These Wings, is built upon samples, like a Beach House song drenched in heavy bass. "I wanted to make pop songs but have them be a collage from different sources to make something new," he told Pitchfork. "I really want to focus on melody, I think it's one of the most important aspects of music, being able to mix noise and melody and have it work right."
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