Nathan Oliver is a NC guy (working on a Dental degree!?) so it’s no surpise he hooked up with a couple other Carolinians to make his debut record including Lee Waters of Work Clothes, Matt Maccaughan (of Portastic) and Mark Lebetkin (on Viola). His debut record’s out now on Pox World Empire (sounds a little more grand than it actually is) and despite comparisons to The Shins I like it.
No one’s writing about it yet so I decided to squeeze it in on Songs:Illinois.
State Lines
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If Chris Garneau (here) has a female style counterpart in the indie rock world I’d say it’s Regina Spektor. Chris deosn’t nearly mix in the type or quantity of beats that Regina is capable of but these two NYC singer-songwriters both deliver operatic pop that is just so cool. Chris’ record came out yesterday and the label has released another song to the www. It’s called “Baby’s Romance”. Order Chris’ Absolutely Kosher Records’ debut Music For Tourists here.