Piano’s
158 Ludlow St.
Wednesday, August 3, 10, 17, 24, $8, 10:00 or 11:00
212-505-3733
wwwww.myspace.com/sherlocksdaughter
www.pianosnyc.com
We’ve been waiting nearly two years for Sherlock’s Daughter’s full-length debut, and it appears that we’re finally in luck. The Brooklyn-based band, originally from Australia, has put the finishing touches on the still-untitled LP, and they’ll be highlighting the new songs at their Wednesday-night August residency at Piano’s, which gets under way August 3. Featuring New Zealand vocalist Tanya Horo on guitar and keyboards, Will Russell on drums, Graeme Pillemer on bass, and Timothy Maybury on drums, Sherlock’s Daughter specializes in ethereal, haunting songs that wind their way through your body and mind as they twist and turn around the central melody, then veer off into the stratosphere. Their self-titled debut EP blew us away with such fine musical forays as “Sons and Daughters,” “Kids,” and “In the End,” which concludes with an intoxicating rainstorm. The new album was produced by John Agnello (Kurt Vile, Sonic Youth, the Kills) in Hoboken and Williamsburg, and if three of the early tracks, the epic “Reprise,” the slowly building “Out in the Cold” (which ends in a barrage of noise), and the sweet “Giordano Bruno,” with Horo on xylophone, are any indication of the rest of the album, we should be in for quite a treat. Sherlock’s Daughter will be playing Piano’s on August 3 at 10:00 with Lavalier (8:00) and Exitmusic (9:00), August 10 at 11:00 with Marra Barr (8:00), Rarechild (9:00), and Chllngr (10:00), August 17 at 10:00 with White Life (8:00), Ravens and Chimes (9:00), and Fan-Tan (11:00), and August 24 at 10:00 with Our Mountain (8:00), My Best Fiend (9:00), and Zaza (11:00).