Let’s Get Cold Together
Dreamy duo Memoryhouse from Ontario, Canada creates fairytales with Denise Nouvion’s pristine vocals and Evan Abeele’s ethereal instrumentation. The swirling atmospherics envelope splicing drums and foggy guitar. ‘To The Lighthouse’ is immeasurably beautiful, with perfectly formed instrumentation and haunting lyrics with a sleepy haze drawn over top. Denise’s voice is gentle but strong, sometimes wordless but always with the same forthright crooning ability of Beach House’s Victoria Legrand or Glasser’s Cameron Mesirow. She keeps her dulcet voice near while retaining a weightless presence over Evan’s guitar and soundscapes. Memoryhouse’s songs sound very structural and rhythmic but the melodies are definitely forefront. ‘Lately (Deuxième)’ is a strikingly beautiful, delicate artefact from a gentler time, and ‘Bonfire’ shows the band’s dynamism as they enter starker territory. The strength of the songs is further shown in their ability to be transformed into rad club bangers, with MillionYoung’s version of ‘To The Lighthouse’ sounding like a lesson in remixes. They also do a dazzlingly beautiful cover of Grizzly Bear’s ‘Foreground’. Currently on their Everyone Hears The Voice tour of America with Twin Sister, they’ve made their EP The Years available for free download from their myspace. The first pressing of the ‘Lately’ 7″ (backed with a Teen Girl Fantasy remix) sold out but another is available for purchase from Inflated Records.
