MajorDomo Records - Los Angeles, CA – After returning from a long and grueling tour in support of their critically-acclaimed 2007 album, Mentor Tormentor, Aaron Espinoza and Ariana Murray of Earlimart returned immediately to the studio that had become more or less their home for the past few years.
“We recorded the new album really quickly….we didn’t wanna wait another 3 years to make another record. We just wanna keep makin’ stuff,” says Espinoza. Aaron and Ariana set a four-week deadline to make a record – a restriction that is certainly not evident in the lushness and quality of the end result.
Hymn And Her is the most personal and intimate Earlimart record to date, which is no doubt a function of not laboring over the process as they had on previous albums...it’s more organic and diverse than anything the band has done before. The lyrics also delve into the personal lives of Espinoza and Murray, detailing both the peak and end of relationships, and the struggle to maintain their place and identity amidst personnel changes and an ever shifting landscape. And while the album title and certainly some songs may seem to travel down an unusual road for the band - referencing what might be understood as religious themes now and then - it seems to be less a vehicle designed to expound upon some renewed faith, but more a questioning of the mysteries therein.
Just off succseful National tour…
Ealrimart to tour west coast
with The Wedding Present
September 18 – San Diego, CA @ Casbah
September 19 – Los Angeles, CA @ Troubadour
September 21 – San Francisco, CA @ Great American Music Hall
September 23 – Eugene, OR @ John Henrys
September 24 – Seattle, WA @ Neumos
September 25 – Portland, OR @ Doug Fir Lounge
September 26 – Vancouver, Canada @ Media Club
Filter Magazine - "The duo might just be a match made in heaven, as Hymn and Her is one of the most cohesive two-voiced albums in recent history."
New York Sun - "Earlimart creates airy, soaring songs that feel as light and fleeting as a dream."
Blurt - "Full of subtle hooks and ear-catching surprises..."
Metromix - "...one of the band’s most consistently enjoyable efforts to date."
Seattle Post-Intelligencer - "This is a tapestry of organic and melodic materials that leave a long-lasting, sweet aftertaste."
The Stranger - “Hymn and Her, the duo’s latest album, is full of hazy beauty and lovely boy/girl harmonies that seem to float together over the music. “
Billboard - "Earlimart... issues another set of dreamy, rainy-day tunes with 'Hymn and Her.'"
Los Angeles Times - 3 1/2 Stars "Releasing another full-length effort less than a year later is unusual, but the accelerated pace might account for the infusion of freshness that makes "Hymn and Her" so arresting."
Los Angeles Times - "Espinoza and Murray (who headline at Spaceland on July 18) are clearly charting a course of their own now, heading for a place of saturated emotion and sanctified spirit."
MSN – “ Vibrant and ambitious”
All Music Guide - "...Hymn and Her features the same sun-baked slices of indie pop that made Mentor Tormentor and Treble & Tremble such appetizing fare."
Brooklyn Vegan - "The smallest release week of the summer offers a generous amount of reissues, but the only new release I can recommend is http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/B0019M82ZS/ref=nosim/bvlhb-20 by Earlimart."
Pitchfork – “Arrangements seem meticulously planned where once there was friction between the group's melodic sensibilities; a lightly lush piano-pop here matures into an agreeable lilt-- to good effect on "God Loves You the Best", "Teeth", and "For the Birds."
Philadelphia Inquirer – “Lush, dreamy indie-pop”
Filter Magazine - "...Earlimart at its purest"
Filter Magazine - "This is Earlimart in its purest form; steady and engaging, but fearlessly kinetic."
MySpace.com - Earlimart - LOS ANGELES - Rock / Indie / 2-step - www.myspace.com/earlimart
“We recorded the new album really quickly….we didn’t wanna wait another 3 years to make another record. We just wanna keep makin’ stuff,” says Espinoza. Aaron and Ariana set a four-week deadline to make a record – a restriction that is certainly not evident in the lushness and quality of the end result.
Hymn And Her is the most personal and intimate Earlimart record to date, which is no doubt a function of not laboring over the process as they had on previous albums...it’s more organic and diverse than anything the band has done before. The lyrics also delve into the personal lives of Espinoza and Murray, detailing both the peak and end of relationships, and the struggle to maintain their place and identity amidst personnel changes and an ever shifting landscape. And while the album title and certainly some songs may seem to travel down an unusual road for the band - referencing what might be understood as religious themes now and then - it seems to be less a vehicle designed to expound upon some renewed faith, but more a questioning of the mysteries therein.
Just off succseful National tour…
Ealrimart to tour west coast
with The Wedding Present
September 18 – San Diego, CA @ Casbah
September 19 – Los Angeles, CA @ Troubadour
September 21 – San Francisco, CA @ Great American Music Hall
September 23 – Eugene, OR @ John Henrys
September 24 – Seattle, WA @ Neumos
September 25 – Portland, OR @ Doug Fir Lounge
September 26 – Vancouver, Canada @ Media Club
Filter Magazine - "The duo might just be a match made in heaven, as Hymn and Her is one of the most cohesive two-voiced albums in recent history."
New York Sun - "Earlimart creates airy, soaring songs that feel as light and fleeting as a dream."
Blurt - "Full of subtle hooks and ear-catching surprises..."
Metromix - "...one of the band’s most consistently enjoyable efforts to date."
Seattle Post-Intelligencer - "This is a tapestry of organic and melodic materials that leave a long-lasting, sweet aftertaste."
The Stranger - “Hymn and Her, the duo’s latest album, is full of hazy beauty and lovely boy/girl harmonies that seem to float together over the music. “
Billboard - "Earlimart... issues another set of dreamy, rainy-day tunes with 'Hymn and Her.'"
Los Angeles Times - 3 1/2 Stars "Releasing another full-length effort less than a year later is unusual, but the accelerated pace might account for the infusion of freshness that makes "Hymn and Her" so arresting."
Los Angeles Times - "Espinoza and Murray (who headline at Spaceland on July 18) are clearly charting a course of their own now, heading for a place of saturated emotion and sanctified spirit."
MSN – “ Vibrant and ambitious”
All Music Guide - "...Hymn and Her features the same sun-baked slices of indie pop that made Mentor Tormentor and Treble & Tremble such appetizing fare."
Brooklyn Vegan - "The smallest release week of the summer offers a generous amount of reissues, but the only new release I can recommend is http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/B0019M82ZS/ref=nosim/bvlhb-20 by Earlimart."
Pitchfork – “Arrangements seem meticulously planned where once there was friction between the group's melodic sensibilities; a lightly lush piano-pop here matures into an agreeable lilt-- to good effect on "God Loves You the Best", "Teeth", and "For the Birds."
Philadelphia Inquirer – “Lush, dreamy indie-pop”
Filter Magazine - "...Earlimart at its purest"
Filter Magazine - "This is Earlimart in its purest form; steady and engaging, but fearlessly kinetic."
MySpace.com - Earlimart - LOS ANGELES - Rock / Indie / 2-step - www.myspace.com/earlimart
