Seana Carmody

Daniel nixed my thematic thread sequencing... but don't let it stop ya!
sea of tranquility answers here

how different is it from syrup usa? was syrup usa's album cover the worst of all time. i remember seeing the swirlies in ann arbor when seana was still in the band, she was a dream. that was a strange line-up the annoying morgan kid on bass, that guy from MIT on drums and damon and seana. they expressed their love for 'slanted and enchanted' at the show, such a long time ago.

Syrup USA's not doin' it for me. Juliet line-up (think she coined band name to start that show) was Seana on vocals and guitar, backed up by an Asian guy on violin or viola and an Asian gal (or chick if you prefer) on heavily-reverbed guitar. with no rhythm section, the music was quite langourous yet the melodies were well-defined and crisp - naked & mysterious, if you will. plus, her lyrics seemed to be about awareness and sex and awareness via sex - very much in the now like an acid trip. intimate & infinite. precedents? Velvets 3rd, Chelsea Girl, Francoise Hardy - La Question are some possibilities. one of the tunes (title unkown) was so classic the riff's still in my head - starts FM7 > EflatM9 > DflatM7...

Syrup USA, no. if you want a taster of what the Juliet stuff sounded a bit more like, search for the soundclip of "Crystallized Your World". hope the album lives up to my expectations.

there's a track called "Tomorrow's Song" on the SXSW site (paste this):
http://www.sxsw.com/bands/pages/24306.html

that's more like it - dreamy Femme Fatale / These Days stuff

At what point precisely did Seana decide to turn into Julie Doiron? (And is it even possible to compete with "Will You Still Love Me in December?")

Before anyone makes the joke - no relation :).

"Tomorrow's Song" link

...and the album's GREAT! alright Ned, you can give that copy of Loveless a rest for a while - shoegazer's back with a vengeance! more later, for now - some of the best tunes & lyrics I've heard on a rawk record in ages. "Rocket Out Of Time" is the song that so entranced me live (see above). the lanquidity's largely gone but the tunes remain, soup'd-up with rock oomph & surge. the whole album stinks of sex & danger and being alive...!