The Ian Fays

The Ian Fays are four girls and a drummer, who oddly enough, isn't a girl. The above picture doesn't exactly portray them too well, but I like it, so there. They make sweet dramatic music, creating a mesh of lo-fi Mirah-esque vocals, paired with the dreamy acoustic/electronic juxtaposition of something much like Azure Ray. The band recently signed with Italy's Homesleep Records and released their album The Damon Lessons on April 24th.

[MP3]: The Ian Fays :: I Lifted Myself Up
This track appears on the new album, The Damon Lessons. A buzzing electronic drone opens the song to a fast drum machine beat, and for the first few seconds you're thinking, "Oh, it's The Faint," but then the drone and beat dissipate to warm acoustic guitar and a flowing keyboard that turns out to be surprisingly catchy. As you might expect, with four girls, the harmonies are pretty beautiful.

The Ian Fays on MySpace.

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