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Friday, April 19, 2013

Artist Making Waves: Wampire [indie rock / synthpop / lo-fi]

Complete with organs, tape hiss, lo-fi vocals, and an overall spookiness, Portland, Oregon's Wampire live up to their horror film-inspired name while nodding proudly to their precursors, Ariel Pink and John Maus. The duo recently signed to Polyvinyl Records, home to Portland pals STRFKR and Unknown Mortal Orchestra, and is set to release their debut album Curiosity on May 14, which, excitingly enough, was produced by Unknown Mortal Orchestra's bassist, Jake Portrait, who rubbed off some of UMO's sound in the process. One half of Wampire, Eric Phipps, describes the record as "a platter with an assortment of sounds", so if you're curious, have a listen below for a few different tastes off that platter.

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