It’s been months since I’ve heard of Memoryhouse, but it wasn’t until last weekend that I heard their tunes and it’s been nothing but on repeat for me.
The band is the collaboration of Denise (vocals) and Evan (instruments and production) who are from Ontario, British Columbia. Their band name is an ode to composer Max Richter’s album of the same name. They create beautiful, dreamy and ethereal songs that are perfect. The duo’s songs have a reflection of lo-fi, shoegaze, and classical.
The piano in “Lately” is borrowed from Jon Brion’s “Phone Call.” The song, “To the Lighthouse” is little bit more upbeat without losing the focus on simple, dreamy pop songs. Also, the MillionYoung remix of “To the Lighthouse” is definitely worth listening to.
They have yet to release an LP, but you can grab a copy of The Years EP, which was released in January. Their tumblr also contains a lot of other tracks, not appeared on their myspace, but I highly recommend taking a look (and listen, of course) at both.
/// Sandra
