More John Martyn than John Fahey, an Embryonic Journey for new generations of defunct hippies and malcontents, fingerpicking and cornhusk drums for death portraits and lost lovers. Improvised soundtrack for a Wes Anderson movie that never existed, tension and release without the rock archetype, a Storm and Stress for cowards. This is bright and bouncy folk a la Belle and Sebastian, without cheekiness and with an infectious groove, like Yo La Tengo or Brokeback. Sainte Chapelle was formed as a vehicle for our most personal ideas, our church within the walls of a police state. Though currently on hiatus, Sainte Chapelle will resurface every few years for the refuge of non-song and afterglow.
Sainte Chapelle is Gary Pyskacek and Dan Schneider
Related: Pedal Steel Transmission, The Singleman Affair
DISCOGRAPHY
Sainte Chapelle cs006
Soon To Fail
$10.00 2004 LP
Sainte Chapelle cs001
s/t ep
$5.00 2000 EP
(out of print-
digital only)
"...It's an engaging, post-folky set that's not afraid to bang down doors when necessary.
THE ONION
"...simple, repetitive, folky music that's modestly ambitious but nicely effective at setting a wistful, pastel-shaded mood. The blues-derived but not bluesy fingerpicking of Nick Drake is the most obvious influence on Schneider's guitar playing, which dominates Sainte Chapelle's sound. "What Do We Call Love?" is from their upcoming "Soon to Fail," as is the lovely instrumental "In Search of Skip."
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