
Luss
received 11.05
quinnonline.net
pre-release ep
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Quinn is primarily the duo of Louise Quinn (songwriter,
guitar, vocals) and Bal Cooke (drums and computer). They expand
to a 5 piece for live dates where they are joined by Stephen Westwater
(bass), Charlie Milne (guitar) and Robert Henderson (trumpet and
electronics).
Louise and Bal own Lunar, a studio in Glasgow Scotland,
where they play and record. They also have a successful clubnight
- Club
Tromolo - a variety night
featuring drag kings, psychics, performance art and a jazz playing
badger.
Quinn has worked with a number of Scottish musical luminaries
such as Franz Ferdinand’s Alex Kapranos, The Pastels and
Belle and Sabastian. Quinn songs have been used in feature films,
and their song, ‘The World is Upside Down’ became a
top ten hit in Serbia after Serbian National Radio Station Studio
B downloaded the song and aired it.
Quinn's second album, Luss,
was produced and mixed by Kid Loco and features arrangements by
Bill Wells. Church of Girl are longtime fans of Parisian DJ Kid
Loco who reputedly, even put off Madonna to go and record Luss – where
he had to endure two stoned cats and received a bag of weed
as pay. They obviously work well together. Louise sings on Kid
Loco’s
latest album, Kill Your Darlings.
Louise’s voice evokes comparisons
to Nina Persson and Aimee Mann, while the overall feel of the music
is light and ethereal. Quinn utilize violin, funky guitar, experimental
piano, horns, synths and a seemingly endless barrage of other interesting
sounds to create intricate sonic lullabies. We think Luss is
a work of art and will appeal to a vast number of our fellow audiophiles.
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