The Televangelist + The Architect

Got word of The Televangelist + The Architect today and I just can't stop listening, so I decided a post was in order. So i began to look around pictures and there was nothing anywhere, so I emailed them for a picture. As it turns out, they are anti-press photos, which I can respect. How very early Belle and Sebastian of them. Instead of faces I got the above graphic which is apparently what has been the temporary artwork for their new album Diaries Of The Intelligentsia, until they complete the "official" art. Anyway, don't judge a book by it's cover, or in this case, a band by it's pixelated japapnese, because this album is really great. They say, "you'll find that in the album, we'reripping off the likes of Blonde Redhead, Cursive, Sonic Youth, etc." That's about as perfect a description as any I could give.

[MP3]: The Televangelist + The Architect :: The Unconscious Collective (A Tale From Williamsburg)
This song opens with an eerie piano followed by a dark distorted guitar switching channels back and forth. Then comes the comparisons, not necessarily musicallly, but definitely vocally and lyrically, there's definitely a Bright Eyes feel here, but it may not even be worth noting because the music is very much their own. The dark, almost surf-rocky melody of the guitar riff in the chorus is so perfectly placed and i think it's the reason this song has been stuck in my head all day.

Until they find a label home for it, the band is offering the new album Diaries Of The Intelligentsia to download in its entirety from HERE. Definitely check it out, it's exciting from beginning to end.

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