Tasseomancy is a continuation of what was a bare bones neo-folk duo.
Formerly known as Ghost Bees, Canadian twins Sari and Romy Lightman have found a heavier, more ambient sound, ripe with dreamy, dissonant vocals, influenced by eastern song, drone music, phonography and myth.
As touring members of the electronic outfit, Austra, they return to their ancestral side with their second full-length, Ulalume, co-produced and accompanied by Taylor Kirk and Simon Trottier of Timber Timbre.
Tasseomancy expands its scope to move beyond earlier acoustic arrangements, combining the rhythmic soundscapes of Popol Vuh and Comus with the dream-like state of Julee Cruise. The outcome is both terse and expansive, haunting and resonant in the manner of early soul music, with a smoke ribbon shape and full peal all its own.
Tasseomancy - Diana video - by Victoria Cheong and Sojourner Parsons:
Live dates:
12th - 16th October 2011 ~ As Austra, Iceland Airwaves Festival
16th - 29th November 2011 ~ Tasseomancy + Austra North American Tour
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