321 : Emily Reo

Her name is Reo and, as you can see from this photo, she dances on the sand. Somewhere in Florida, on a sad sunless strip between the beach house and the (best) coast, she is rocking out to her own soft-skinned drone pop. Probably. Emily told us about puppies, the moon, and the best place ever.

Emily Reo – Metal On Your Skin [mp3] [Buy]

Emily Reo – Blue Canoe [mp3] [Buy]

1. “Puppies sleep 14 hours a day.”

2. “Classically trained in opera.”

3. “The moon rotates around the earth in roughly the same amount of time it takes for it to rotate around itself, so we only see one side. this seems like a rather great coincidence to me, and I’d quite like to know what it’s hiding on the other side.”

1.“Grouper – Make Me Over. Rarely are songs able to exhibit such strong emotion in under two minutes and without the ability for the listener to understand the words.”

Grouper – Make Me Over [mp3] [Buy]

1.5.“Can i pick The Free Design’s

Heaven/earth album? the whole thing? It’s like when you put it on it transports you to wherever you’re not and you want to be and you never want to turn it off again because it’s the best place ever.

2.“If I can’t pick a whole album (which I realize is cheating), Serge Gainsbourg – La Javanaise. Because really, who wouldn’t lay out on the French Riviera all day pretending you’re in Tender Is The Night and drink whateverhe’shaving with Serge Gainsbourg andalltheotherwomenheinvited if he wanted you to?”

Serge Gainsbourg – La Javanaise

1. “Episode VII.”

Emily Reo’s Minha Gathinha is out now on A Dracula Records.

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