Illuminea set to release second album Out of Our Mouths
By Guest on Aug 9, 2007 in Music, Press Releases, Musicians, Bands, Cds, New Releases, Albums, Downloads, Illuminea, Free Mp3s
Illuminea is set to release their latest album Out of Our Mouths On August 21st 2007 on High Two Recordings. Formerly known as illumina, the Philadelphia chamber pop band’s second album features 12 new songs, including “Build Your Own” and “Homewrecker.”
With three distinct singers/songwriters in the band, Out of Our Mouths plays like a mix CD, albeit one that was created by a close group of friends intent on sharing their individual experiences with love and loss as a collective. Though there are frequent sonic and tonal shifts throughout Out of Our Mouths - it is at turns epic, intimate, stormy, playful, pensive, and jubilant - each song remains inherently illuminea.
With its origin as a home recording project between college classmates Jen Appel and Marc Goodman in 2002, illuminea grew to become a seven-person band as friends and lovers joined them. illuminea’s debut album Nightlight was self-released in 2004. The band has opened for Jesse Sykes and the Sweet Hereafter, Sam Prekop, The Like, I Love You But I’ve Chosen Darkness, The Radar Brothers, and The Spinto Band.
Produced by Joel Hamilton (Tom Waits, Sparklehorse) and illuminea, Out of Our Mouths was recorded in Brooklyn and Philadelphia. Harpist Zeena Parkins (Bjork), singer Tony Maimone (Pere Ubu), and saxophonist/clarinetist Colin Stetson (Tom Waits) contribute musical gifts.
Record Release Show:
Aug 17 2007
Johnny Brenda’s
Philadelphia, PA
(w/ the Swimmers, Whales And Cops)
“…the brainchild of East Village roommates Marc Goodman and Jen Appel, who’ve morphed from a promising two piece with a penchant for beautiful aching melodies and gentle strumming into a full-f***ing-fledged seven piece featuring cello, keys, and more.” - The Village Voice
“They’re raucously reckless enough to make even poppy love songs seem badass.” - Philadephia Weekly
“…They have the power to bring you to your knees.” - Time Out New York
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