New Music - Page France - ….And The Family Telephone
New Music focuses on something just added to the WOXY.com playlist. Today the spotlight is on the new album from Page France, ….And The Family Telephone.
-
Third album for the quintet from Maryland. This marks their proper debut for the Suicide Squeeze label, who re-released their last CD Hello, Dear Wind. - Lead singer and songwriter Michael Nau has brushed aside assertions that Page France is a Christian band, saying that he is often unaware of any perceived religious symbolism in his lyrics until someone points it out. The band’s songs include a song titled “Jesus” from Hello, Dear Wind.
- The band played two shows with Fields in NYC last weekend. They’ll hit the road for four weeks of dates starting June 14th at The Red & Black in Washington DC.
Here are a few reviewers quotes about the new album.
- ” Of course, like the fairy tales, Bible stories, and lullabies to which Telephone is clearly indebted, external sinister forces lurk just beyond the flower patches. Page France keep them at bay, partly with a miniature army of sunny guitars, glockenspiels, and the merry harmonies of Whitney McGraw, but also by motivating the more potent force of simple, blissful naivete.” - Pitchfork
- “…And The Family Telephone is like hearing a joke you’re not really in on, or hearing your girlfriend say “Sore-y” for the umpteenth time. It was sweet at first but now it all seems somehow tainted.” - Stylus Magazine
- “Page France creates using a whimsical musical palette; think dreamy and surreal shades of folk-pop, tied together with the string that is leader Michael Nau’s songwriting.” - Live Daily
Blog Buzz
Check out this free download from the new album…..
