***In the spring of 2011 BE FOREST's debut album, Cold, was released, causing an earthquake among the music press in Italy and abroad. Music zines started buzzing about the “Pesaro-scene”: a town on the Adriatic coast of Italy that gave birth to bands such as Soviet Soviet, Altro, and Brothers in Law (a band that shares Be Forest‘s guitarist NICOLA LAMPRDEDI). The Pesaro-movement brought out sharp sounds, chilly atmospheres, and new energies. Be Forest‘s melodies have always had a dreamy lightness as their striking feature, but now it is possible to feel a new warmth. "Be Forest are masters of mood, making swoony dreampop informed by the classics but very much in the now. [...] If you like Slowdive, '80s-era 4AD and modern stuff like The xx."—Brooklyn Vegan "[...] their take on pop-rock is as atmospheric as it is aerobic — sturdy backbeats laden with plentiful reverb, many layers of guitar tremolo, and ethereal coos. Fans of Stereolab, Broadcast, and Little Dragon will probably dig it."—Stereogum
LP $13.75
05/26/2015