“The songs each set their spaced-out melodies and textures against body-moving rhythms,
so the end product comes off like Primal Scream at their most hallucinatory or My Bloody Valentine
at their grooviest.” – Stereogum
“Au.Ra effortlessly strike a balance between dreamy and atmospheric guitar rattles, and
just the right amount of reverb…the Australian duo construct what feels like worldly guitar
pop, with a lackadaisical exuberance that lifts you up and carries you away into
it’s brightness.” – The Line Of Best Fit“… psychedelic dream-pop with just the right mix of analogue and digital vibrations..” – Prefix“Anyone who can audibly make their guitars sound like extensions of their own body and mind is good in our books.” – This Is Fake DIY
Sydney’s Au.Ra, a duo composed of Tim Jenkins and Tom Crandles, are set to release their debut full length on Los Angeles label, felte. Jane’s Lament, a work which carefully envelops the listener in dreamy hues of sound, will be available on March 3. Pre-order Au.Ra’s debut album at felte’s webstore now. In anticipation of the album’s release Consequence Of Sound is streaming Jane’s Lament a week before its street date. Earlier this month, Self-Titled premiered a stream of “You’re On My Mind” from Jane’s Lament and described the track as, “a deeply meditative listen driven by bold drum beats, fog-infused melodies, and guitars that glide and glaze over everything like a muffled shoegaze record.”
Made over the course of two years, the LP was birthed from improvised jams the pair play over droning guitars and looped drum beats. Tracks like “Sun,” and “Pyramid” emerge slowly out of interplays between simple melodies and layered, reverbed instrumentation.
Au.Ra’s “emotive soundscapes” perfectly encase their non-traditional pop songwriting, like on highlight “Morning,” where shimmering guitar riffs transport you to a serene, meditative realm. Their repetitive lyrics belie this easy transcendence, sometimes even verging on incantation. These songs evoke a languid drive along a bending highway in autumn, the scenery and light shifting.
