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Loquat

Secrets of the Sea coming this Fall!

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Loquat live review @ The Independent 1/26/2008
Loquat seems to have a substantial level of comfort and appreciation for their hometown crowd, calling out by name a couple of their faux-hecklers. Their dreamy alt-electro filled the room at the Independent with a near-perfect level of sonic saturation. The band is a tight and smooth operation, with singer Kylee Swenson's vocals veering from sexy to sublime. They are rolling out a pre-tour in March for their upcoming album, Secrets of the Sea, and will be hitting up the Southwest and SXSW before returning to the city for a show at Cafe du Nord at the end of the month.—theowlmag.com
“Lots of bands mix electronic and acoustic instruments, but few pull it off with the grace—or even the shimmering melodies—exhibited by this San Francisco group fronted by Kylee Swenson.” —San Francisco Chronicle
“The debut full-length from this San Francisco five-piece is a masterful work of female-fronted electronic pop that seems utterly unconcerned with trend.... It’s Yours to Keep is the kind of album that makes the world around you slow down.” —Under the Radar
“In a genre marred by overproduction and, sometimes, a lack of imagination, Loquat is not only wonderfully organic but refreshingly inventive: It’s Yours to Keep could just become the soundtrack to your summer.” —Nylon
“Swenson’s voice soars like Sarah McLachlan, but her lyrics cut like Cat Power.” —URB

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Member Since: 1/10/2005
Band Website: loquatmusic.com
Band Members: Kylee Swenson (vocals/guitar), Earl Otsuka (guitar), Christopher Lautz (drums, backing vocals), Ryan Manley (keyboards), Anthony Gordon (bass)
undefined Loquat "Swingset Chain"

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Influences: Komeda, The Cardigans, The Stone Roses, Bjork, Stereolab, The Smiths, Kate Bush, The Cars, Wire Train, The Verve, The Sundays....It's a long list. We all love music very much.
Sounds Like: Loquat, The Cardigans, Stereolab, Björk, The Sundays, Travis, Komeda, Cat Power, Juliana Hatfield, Beth Orton, Azure Ray....
To buy It's Yours to Keep or Loquat t-shirts, go here:
http://www.loquatmusic.com/cds.html
http://www.loquatmusic.com/tshirts.html**Note: The following EP, Before the Momentum, does not actually contain "Harder Hit." That song is from our upcoming album, Secrets of the Sea. We had to lump it in here in order to sell as a single....

Record Label: Jackpine Social Club
Type of Label: Indie

My Blog

Signed, sealed, delivered

So check it out! We finally hopped on someone else's train, and we're going to be releasing Secrets of the Sea this Fall! (Aiming for Sept. right now.) We're really excited: http://threcords.com/We wi...
Posted by Loquat on Fri, 25 Apr 2008 06:08:00 PST

Better late than never: photos from the SXSW tour

Here's a quick recap of L.A., San Diego, Albuquerque, Amarillo, Phoenix, Austin, Rancho Mirage, Gallup and Fresno last month.......
Posted by Loquat on Mon, 14 Apr 2008 10:18:00 PST

yuppy-style blackberry blogging

It seems like the only time we have to write is in the car, so I'll have to thumb through it, but I need something to keep me busy for the next 350 miles. We're trying to get to Deming, NM. Not my fav...
Posted by Loquat on Wed, 12 Mar 2008 08:13:00 PST

Going on tour

Hey guys, It's been a long time since we last wrote. We have a lot in the works, which we'll tell you about in the coming weeks. In the meantime, we're excited to finally go out on tour again. If you'...
Posted by Loquat on Wed, 06 Feb 2008 02:33:00 PST

Well, look what we found!

What's up, people? So a couple years ago, after we released "It's Yours to Keep," our Spanish label Dearstereofan hired this videographer and animator to do a video for our song, "Swingset Chain." Unf...
Posted by Loquat on Fri, 14 Dec 2007 11:48:00 PST

Making the frosting

Hey all, In answer to the messages and comments asking when you can buy/pre-order our new album, sorry for the delay. The good news is that we were fortunate to get Josh Gabriel (Gabriel & Dresden), J...
Posted by Loquat on Sun, 25 Nov 2007 11:29:00 PST

New Song Posted:

Time, it flies. We have the master for our new album, Secrets of the Sea, and we're working on a slew of videos for the album. In the meantime, we have a new song from our upcoming album for you. It's...
Posted by Loquat on Tue, 13 Nov 2007 01:16:00 PST

Winner of the t-shirt contest

Heeeeeey! So we'd like to announce the winner of our t-shirt design contest: Andrew Burling from Toronto, Canada! We love the beat up angel and devil, and we're going to start production on these shir...
Posted by Loquat on Tue, 06 Nov 2007 03:20:00 PST

Sad day

If anyone has heard our song "Internal Crash," I wrote it for my grandfather, Tom Lennon Curry, right after he had a profound stroke six years ago. Today was a very sad day, as I had to go to his fune...
Posted by Loquat on Thu, 18 Oct 2007 10:22:00 PST

And the album title and tracklisting will be.... (drum roll, please)

Heeeeey! So we've finally sent our album to Nashville, where our mastering engineer Brian Foraker (whose engineering/producing credits include Heart's "These Dreams," among many other awesome songs yo...
Posted by Loquat on Wed, 10 Oct 2007 03:03:00 PST