Phoebe Rings - "Get Up"
Photo by Frances Carter We've been heavily digging the dream pop sound of New Zealand's Phoebe Rings. The musical project of jazz-school-trained pianist Crystal Choi has a new single out that changes up their sound a bit while still sounding like Phoebe Rings. "Get Up" is the first song bassist Benjamin Locke sings lead vocals on, but that's not the only change. We've been referencing that the band's previous singles sound like a dream pop version of Stereolab, and while "Get Up" has a dream pop vibe to it, this is the funkiest we've heard them sound so far. It's much more jazz leaning than previous singles, and almost has a 70's easy listening sound... if 70's easy listening had a bit of an edge to the smoothness. Phoebe Rings have such an interesting sound on this one, and it's well worth a few listens to make sure you're truly hearing everything going on. Benjamin Locke says of the band's latest single: “ This was w...