Let Me Be A Light (EP)
by Derde Verde
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Let Me Be A Light - 12" Vinyl
12" Vinyl version of the EP with artwork by Andrew Auble. Plays at 33⅓ RPM. Vinyl EP orders will ship on or around 5/1.
Includes immediate download of 4-track album in your choice of high-quality MP3, FLAC, or just about any other format you could possibly desire.Buy Now $12 USD or more
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Let Me Be A Light - CD
CD version of the EP in a 5" jacket, with artwork by Andrew Auble. Orders will ship mid-April.
Includes immediate download of 4-track album in your choice of high-quality MP3, FLAC, or just about any other format you could possibly desire.Buy Now $6 USD or more
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Digital Album
Immediate download of 4-track album in your choice of high-quality MP3, FLAC, or just about any other format you could possibly desire.
Front and Back cover art by Andrew Auble is also included in the download.Buy Now $4 USD or more
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Tower
05:25
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Secret
04:28
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Let Me In
06:35
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I Still Want Someone
08:19
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about
Let Me Be A Light is an EP comprised of 4 songs written and recorded by Derde Verde in Los Angeles, during the second half of 2012. The album artwork was made by Portland-based visual artist and musician, Andrew Auble.
"L.A. three-piece Derde Verde are just about to release their new EP, Let Me Be a Light, and the first track, “Tower,” is the stormer — it’s all noise and melody and then noise as melody, like something off Guided By Voice’s Isolation Drills. (Which, as you’ll recall, was part of their not-quite-so-lo-fi era.) And while Derde Verde don’t so slow down as much as they open up on the rest of this release, that same fractured pop sensibility persists all the way until EP closer “I Still Want Someone” ends with a crescendo of guitar-mangling feedback that doesn’t so much fade as evaporate. The spirits of bands like Sonic Youth, Yo La Tengo and Spoon are all at work here, but not always in the way you’d expect. It’s nice to see a group putting some independence back into indie rock." — Chris Ziegler (LA WEEKLY)
"The LA-based band's new EP, Let Me Be A Light, glows with the organic warmth of the band's indie-electronica, while possessing the mechanical propulsion of Krautrock bands like Neu!... Intentionally dense, minimalist, electronics-heavy, post-rock opera with layers of blips and synthetic sounds blending into lush orchestral pieces and starkly original compositions." - (Weekly Volcano)
"L.A. three-piece Derde Verde are just about to release their new EP, Let Me Be a Light, and the first track, “Tower,” is the stormer — it’s all noise and melody and then noise as melody, like something off Guided By Voice’s Isolation Drills. (Which, as you’ll recall, was part of their not-quite-so-lo-fi era.) And while Derde Verde don’t so slow down as much as they open up on the rest of this release, that same fractured pop sensibility persists all the way until EP closer “I Still Want Someone” ends with a crescendo of guitar-mangling feedback that doesn’t so much fade as evaporate. The spirits of bands like Sonic Youth, Yo La Tengo and Spoon are all at work here, but not always in the way you’d expect. It’s nice to see a group putting some independence back into indie rock." — Chris Ziegler (LA WEEKLY)
"The LA-based band's new EP, Let Me Be A Light, glows with the organic warmth of the band's indie-electronica, while possessing the mechanical propulsion of Krautrock bands like Neu!... Intentionally dense, minimalist, electronics-heavy, post-rock opera with layers of blips and synthetic sounds blending into lush orchestral pieces and starkly original compositions." - (Weekly Volcano)
credits
released 15 April 2013
Written, Performed, and Produced by Derde Verde
Recorded and Mixed by Laurence Schwarz
Mastered by Mark Chalecki
Artwork by Andrew Auble
Design by Tawny Rose
© 2013 Derde Verde
Written, Performed, and Produced by Derde Verde
Recorded and Mixed by Laurence Schwarz
Mastered by Mark Chalecki
Artwork by Andrew Auble
Design by Tawny Rose
© 2013 Derde Verde
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Indie-rock trio Derde Verde crafts colorful, chameleon-like song structures sprinkled with noise, analog electronics,
melodic guitar lines and rhythmic twists.
Derde Verde’s new album Moon/Mirror, shows a range of influences from shoegaze, to krautrock, to electronica, and has been called “a tremendous achievement... a standout in this year’s crop of indie rock” (LA RECORD).
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shows
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May 25Santa Monica, CA
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Jun 14West Hollywood, CA
discography
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Apr 2013 -
Sep 2011 -
Aug 2009
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