Forget the “Best of” lists. Here's my 2008 summarized in 3 words:
The Polyamorous Affair
2008 was the year of discovery. And the greatest one of all was
The Polyamorous Affair. So forget about the best albums list this year (which, in no particular order, would have included
Grace Jones –
Hurricane,
Brooke Waggoner –
Heal for the Honey,
Cloetta Paris –
Secret Eyes,
M83 –
Saturdays = Youth,
The Last Shadow Puppets -
The Age of the Understatement,
Portishead –
Third,
Robin Thicke –
Something Else,
Ladyhawke –
Ladyhawke,
Rubies –
Explode from the Center,
Goldfrapp –
Seventh Tree,
MGMT –
Oracular Spectacular,
Erykah Badu –
New Amerykah,
Cut Copy –
In Ghost Colours,
Sam Sparro –
Sam Sparro) – I’m dedicating my end-of-the-year post to
The P.A.
There was no one above, no one below, no one remotely close to releasing a better album than
The Polyamorous Affair in 2008. Their self-titled, self-released debut is a journey through a strange, wondrous and magical land of catchy melodies, dance grooves and 80s retro disco sounds. The mystical and whimsical lyrics are sung by
Eddie Chacon and Sissy Sainte-Marie, whose cool vocals and divine voice respectively is an undeniably good combination. Their music is happy, playful, positively vibrant and original. A bit quirky, yes, but still accessible. To me, this is as good as it gets.
So today, I think I’ll pat myself on the back for being one of the first listeners of
The Polyamorous Affair here on Last.FM. There’s nothing quite like knowing you saw, or in this case heard, something special in an act before everyone else. It’s just a matter of time before hipsters out there will really take notice and embrace this lovable duo and their captivating music. Because if you’re at all interested in electronic music of any kind, you WILL be hearing about this duo in 2009. If you were quick enough on your feet and got a chance to listen to their new track
White Hot Magic which was up only a few days on their MySpace page during their 12 days of holiday gifts, goodies, and giveaways, you’d agree. Newly signed to the L.A based label, Manimal Vinyl,
The Polyamorous Affair is already recording new material for their second album,
Bolshevik Disco, due out in the summer.
If you’re lucky enough to live in the L.A area, catch their live show some time – it’s
appearantly quite amusing.
Free Last.FM download:
Nightlife
Their wacky, weird and fun vids:
Like Animal
Babayaga
Links:
www.thepolyamorousaffair.com
www.myspace.com/thepolyamorousaffair
Buy the album on
CDBaby
Buy the album on
iTunes
Now, go get amorous, too!
One last note of ‘08:
It wouldn’t be right to leave out
Phildel in this last post of 2008. She’s another huge discovery this year – an incredible talent who has just signed with Warner Chappell Music Publishing. Her unofficial and very limited edition release,
Strange Inventions, was a favorite of mine this year.
Thanks for a great 2008 and a happy 2009 to you all!
Sex On Fire
