Befallen. Caramel Snow (2015).

 
Although trained as a classical composer, I was never able to write a pop/rock song until I figured out what I wanted it to sound like. If I had a band I would want it to resemble a super-group collaboration, including members of Cocteau Twins, Lush, and My Bloody Valentine.   So I simply wrote a song that emulated that, which was Befallen, and that's kind of how I've been writing music for the last six years.

More from 2013: Caramel Snow. The Beauty Editors.

Besides releasing two EP's this year, free kittnz on Bandcamp, and Layer Cake on iTunes, I was lucky enough to have a full length CD come out on the Indonesian label, Shiny Happy Records, called The Beauty Editors (SHR 18).  For the most part, the inspiration came from the baroque chamber pop I heard on AM radio from 1966 through 1967, such as the Beatles, and the Beach Boys, of course, but also The Left Banke, The Association, and The Hollies, as well as the the quirky type of retro pop released on el Records, and the Compact Organization in the '80's.

Here are a couple of videos I made for the album: 

Butterflies


After Monte Carlo

Caramel Snow. Laboratory Glassware (2011).

Shoegazey pop with lyrics from a Spam email.  More info on Myspace.