Karaoke Bar Angus & Julia Stone

• 1 Karaoke Bar 03:24
• 2 Monroe 03:40
• 3 Celestial Bodies 03:47
• 4 The Start 03:16
• 5 Strangely Strangely 03:28
• 6 Brightest Place 03:14
• 7 Take Me Back to Japan 04:12
• 8 Cowgirls Lover Boi 03:01
• 9 The Cherry Farm 02:58
• 10 Mexico City 04:10
• Total Runtime 35:10

Info for Karaoke Bar

With their seventh studio album, the highly talented Australian siblings once again open an exciting new chapter in their musical development. Created whilst travelling around the globe, the album brings together impressions of places, encounters and moments to form a vibrant, atmospheric collection of songs. For the first time, the siblings are making greater use of electronic elements, which expand the duo’s characteristic sound whilst preserving their familiar, emotionally intimate soundscape. The focus is on a palpable lightness and joy that runs through the entire album. Vocally, Angus and Julia work more closely together than ever before: taking turns, singing in unison or weaving their voices harmoniously together, they lend each song additional depth and expression. The elaborate production supports the narrative power of the tracks and impressively highlights the mood of each one. “Karaoke Bar” captures, both musically and lyrically, a feeling that hovers between nostalgia, melancholy and the present – and opens an intense gateway for listeners to a consciously experienced moment.

Angus & Julia Stone

Angus & Julia Stone
Angus & Julia Stone's intimate folk music is anchored by the band's namesake siblings, with percussionist Mitch Connelly and bassist Clay McDonald adding their own contributions to the mix.

Growing up on the northern beaches of Sydney, the Stone siblings were schooled in pop music at an early age by their father, who played in a local cover band. In 2005, Julia Stone began teaching trumpet lessons while her brother Angus worked as a laborer. She convinced him to test his musical talents by performing locally, and he responded by bringing her on-stage with him as a backing musician. At first, the two played separately billed shows, but each would support the other on-stage to the point where it made sense to share billing credits.

The duo released an EP of early material, Chocolates & Cigarettes, before moving to London in 2006, where the siblings met Fran Healy of the band Travis. Impressed with the Stones' material, as well as their growing buzz in both Australia and England, Healy invited them to his house to use his piano. The twosome eventually recorded their entire second EP, Heart Full of Wine, at the residence. In return, Julia Stone provided backing vocals on the Travis record The Boy with No Name. Angus & Julia Stone's debut album, A Book Like This, was then released in 2007 and charted well in the bandmates' native Australia, while an international release followed in March 2008. Two years later the group returned with a new album, Down the Way, which introduced a bigger, bolder sound. (Jody Macgregor)

This album contains no booklet.