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Full album stream: Beau Tand
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Out of 7 votes - Similar Artists: David Bowie, Seal, Bryan Ferry
Out of 7 votes
- Location: United States
- Genre: Alternative/Punk » Indie Pop
Editor's review
This D.C. singer/songwriter blends DJ beatmaking with everything from torch pop to old Hollywood strings, topping it off with a neo-Bowie croon. It's a jack-of-all-trades act that would resonate with Ziggy himself, and it takes off behind Beau Tand's charisma.
Biography
Autumn 2006 offer’s the first chapter in the musical odyssey that is Beau Tand. Based in Washington, D.C., Beau Tand is the musical moniker for singer-songwriter (and former Eighteenth Street Lounge DJ) Carlton English. Two years in the making, the self-titled (and self-produced) debut CD by Beau Tand is a collection of songs with love and culture as its lyrical playground and pop music used to connect the dots.
Carlton English, a multi-instrumentalist, recorded Beau Tand in Washington, D.C. and Dublin, Ireland; his seamless vocals are reminiscent of David Bowie, Paul Weller, Scott Walker and Bryan Ferry.
Even the cover art hints towards a forward looking film noir. The musique on the new CD reflects many facets of songwriting and arranging that have inspired English; serving a sizable variety of musical styles, yet, at the same time, fusing Beau Tand together into a unified set.
Tracks like, Ready for De Mille and the Françoise Hardy inspired May 1968 set a mood of glamour and wit and become picture perfect alongside the introspection of And All the Times and the blatantly romantic Pretty and Maybe It's Now/Villebrumier. Pop music is overrated for all the wrong reasons and under appreciated for all the wrong reasons, but Beau Tand's first CD gets the balance right. Beau Tand was released in September 2006 on English’s own label, Pinstripe.
