Description
Midnight Sister the project of intense creatives Juliana Giraffe and Ari Bazoulian is brought to you by the isolating landscape of the San Fernando Valley its colours, diners, lunatics and neon lights. Both lifelong residents of this storied valley, Giraffe and Bazoulian have only become more inspired by the areas mythology over the years: its two-faced magical wonderland and tragic circus. Their debut, Saturn Over Sunset, works almost as an album version of Altmans Shortcuts, each song a character study of the valleys odd personae.
Giraffe, 23, the daughter of an LA disc jockey, was raised almost exclusively on disco and Bowie. Her lyrics and lyrical melodies, informed very much by her film-making background, were composed gazing out from a tiny retail window on Sunset Boulevard. Her Rear Window-like longing allowed her imagination to run wild and cook up the wild narratives that would fill Balouzians compositions.
Balouzian, 27, is classically trained and already a go-to arranger for odd-pop names like Tobias Jesso Jr. and Alex Izenberg. Midnight Sister represents a first for both of them. Its Giraffes first time writing and performing music and its Balouzians first foray into playing true pop music.
Saturn Over Sunset is a shared musical vision of Hollywoods oddest corners. It is the baroque, eldritch alley you must pass through to find the speakeasy night of your life. Youll come out bleary-eyed and the sunrise will be pouring all pink and orange through the smog and palm trees.
Recent tour dates with Future Islands, Aldous Harding and Julia Holter. Upcoming tour with DD Dumbo.
CD and blue coloured vinyl.
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