Vells - Flight From Echo Falls

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Notes:

• out of print! limited 2 3000 copies on CD

Overview:

A collaborative production effort of Jeremiah Green (modest mouse) and Darrin Wiener (plastiq phantom), Vells have created an album that could be mistaken for a dusted-off artifact from a timeless place and time. Tristan Marcum's other worldly deliverance of emotive vocal detail along with the formidable drumming of Jeremiah Green is exalting. This psychedelic pop gem is a divergence from the mundane and confronts the listener with the inherent divinity of music. An impressive leap from the previous EP produced by Phil Ek, Vells have managed to fuse light and dark into a visceral musical experience that's good for the spirit. Flight From Echo Falls brings you songs that combine the transcendental elements of Sigur Ros with Elvis-ian fervor while others merge soul with psychedelic pop. Vells music has been compared to bands including the Kinks, Beatles, and Shins for their melodic and hooky song writing and energetic delivery. These elements combined with their eclectic inspirations and radical visions characterize the Vells' sound.

Reviews / Press:

Source	Article
Sixeyes	Flight From Echo Falls Review June 20, 2005
Filter Magazine	Weekly Picks February 14, 2005
Pop Matters	THE VELLS Flight From Echo Falls January 18, 2005
Seattle Weekly	Two CDs' worth of the year's best local tracks. January 4, 2005
Synthesis	Flight From Echo Falls Review January 1, 2005
Broken Spindle	Ant's Top 50 Albums of 2004 December 28, 2004
KZSU 90.1FM (Stanford University)	Flight From Echo Falls Review October 25, 2004
Aversion.com	Flight From Echo Falls Review October 20, 2004
12 orphans	Vells -- Flight from Echo Falls September 29, 2004
Bandoppler	FLIGHT FROM ECHO FALLS September 20, 2004
KEXP radio Seattle	Vells - Flight from Echo Falls (imputor?) August 31, 2004
The Stranger (Seattle)	POP GROWS UP - Vells Take History and Run with It May 13, 2004