THE SKINNY: Trevor Giuliani's recent record Subcontrario (In Stereo) is an honest and introspective look into Trevor's values and musical interest, spanning genres like garage & indie rock, folk, and almost progressive arrangements blossoming with dynamic, emotional changes.MYSPACE: http://myspace.com/trevorgiuliani
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A first, hasty, listen to Trevor Giuliani's latest record might have you thinking about how it seems like popular indie music today has been infiltrated by that casual and lethargic folk sound that a lot of us are suckers for. This got me to thinking about how every single band I listen to these days (usually for pfw) is one of these modern folk singer / songwriters with excellent production. At this point, its pretty easy to tell the gems from the blehh.
Trevor Giuliani's debut album Subcontrario (in stereo) was released in late July of this year on Dovecote Records (home to Ed Harcourt, and Mason Proper if you're familiar) and has seen a good deal of approval. If you've been on Hype Machine recently then you know what I'm talking about.
Trevor's voice is a versatile tenor with decent range. His vocal tone is comparable to Andrew Bird, but in my opinion Trevor is more pleasant to listen to. It's easy to tell he's not looking to achieve any specific tone, but is singing the lyrics he's written, and letting them take shape however they do, naturally.
Most of Giuliani's lyrics are honest, somewhat apologetic, stories about life episodes which may or may not be fictional. In conjunction with this, Trevor speaks much of God and the Earth: many songs are very "green" in nature, which seems appropriate enough, considering the atmosphere Trevor's music and instrumentation stirs up. Everything just sounds right.
As an incentive to looking further into this guy, I suggest you think about your current music library. Why not add something that sounds pretty similar to what you're already listening to, but has smart arrangements, plenty of dynamic changes (both musical and emotional), and a boatload of depth. Yes, depth. Listen hard, and each song is decipherable. Enough hidden meanings, and overly poetic, self-indulgent songs that even the artist couldn't explain, right?
Trevor Giuliani's "Subcontrario (In Stereo)": Straight-forward singer/songwriter music that's earned its place in my listening cue. You know, instead of Pitchfork.com shoving it in there.
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"Wasting Your Town" off of Subcontrario (In Stereo)
FAVORITE TRACK: Van Singing
FOR FANS OF: Andrew Bird, Nick Drake
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