Brooklyn band World Atlas started in 2006 as a
handful of four-track bedroom demos, sketches of songs mirroring stories
afforded by the city. The idea culminated in a full ensemble including guest
member Fred Thomas of Saturday Looks Good to Meon guitar and The Umbrella
Girls, who often
serve as the group’s hand clappers, back-up singers and tambourine shakers.
Their first self-titled EP is a pop atlas steeped in nostalgia and allegory
that exudes an aesthetic of a library of weathered books, stolen glances and
faded colors. Their instrumentation includes vibraphone, organ, shakers,
trumpet and string arrangements taking the music beyond the pop confines of
drums, bass and guitar. Infused with boy / girl harmonies and countermelodies
the resulting songs depict both innocence and experience. World Atlas fit
comfortably into the orchestral pop genre and also draw on earlier pop
influences like Donovan, The Smiths, The Velvet Undergroundand French YéYé. The band are set to release their first
EP on Magic Marker Records in March 2010 and work on a full-length album is
underway.
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