Overview
Toro Y Moi's Goodgod show promises the sound of summer bliss: melting icy poles, perfect blue swimming pools and temperatures hovering just below heatwave. But there's just one anxiety-ridden thing I have to get out of the way first: it's pronounced 'Toro Ee Mwah'. Phew.
Chaz Bundick started recording in his South Carolina bedroom when he was just a nipper, heavily influenced by his parents vinyl and tape (remember those?) collection. When his high school punk band split up, his side project as 'Toro Y Moi' began to get a little more love and attention, and the rest is history.
After signing with Carpark Records, who also represent Beach House, Cloud Nothings and Dan Deacon, Toro Y Moi released his 2010 debut album, Causers of This. Now, barely a year later, he is set to release Underneath the Pine, his second full-length offering of velvety-synths and dawn-mist atmospherics.
A leading light in the chillwave genre alongside Washed Out, Neon Indian and Memory Tapes, Toro Y Moi crafts lo-fi pop gems that sound like the more shimmery Animal Collective albums played on fuzzy op shop records as they melt slowly in the summer sun. Or like Ariel Pink jamming with Beach House.
This could be the perfect antidote to Sydney's summer heat. Well, they don't call it chillwave for nothing.
Information
When
Tue, Feb 22, 2011
Tuesday, February 22, 2011
8:00pm
Where
Good God Small Club53 - 55 Liverpool Street
Sydney