Baby Alpaca Live: TONIGHT 10/16 – New York, NY @ Pianos – 8:45pm (only CMJ show!)
Please see the rising talent Baby Alpaca in New York Times HERE (available in print tomorrow). Yesterday, a new remix from “Wild Child” (Shaun J. Wright & Alinka Twirl Remix) was premiered via East Village Radio HERE and you can easily share it HERE.
Tonight, they’ll perform in NYC and next week in LA – not to be missed live!
New York Times Features Baby Alpaca’s Chris Kittrell HERE
BABY ALPACA Reveals “WILD CHILD” (Shaun J. Wright & Alinka Twirl Remix)
via East Village Radio here
Mon 10/21 – Los Angeles, CA @ Fonda Theatre (w/ Best Coast for LAAR.org)
FADER Premiered “SEA OF DREAMS” (TURBOTITO REMIX) HERE (or press play below)
Vogue “Band of The Week”
Interview Magazine
“…I love the threat of a trance song lurking beneath such sleepy-eyed vocals…” – FADER
“…Sea of Dreams, which channels The Smiths with it’s dreamy, light dada-rock production – think soft, romantic rock that makes you feel all warm and fuzzy on the inside. His debut EP ranges from playful to emotional, but always leaves you impressed.“ – Disco Naïveté
“My dreams are never like Chris Kitrell’s “Sea of Dreams,” but I wish they were” – NPR’s Bob Boilen
When trying to identify the music made by NYC band Baby Alpaca, it’s perhaps easier to try and figure out what the music is NOT. Judging by the music on the band’s first proper EP, it’s easy to say that this is definitely not your standard indie rock fare: an autoharp is involved, as well as both live and programmed beats and a smattering of guitars. The music eschews any musical tropes typically assigned to wispy bedroom electronica, beardy folk music, or the new wave of alternative R&B, but it could perhaps exist as a distant cousin to all of those things. Buoyed aloft by the winsome vocals of front man Chris Kittrell and shaped by the guitar styling of Zach McMillan, Baby Alpaca make music that is both romantic, vaguely tropical, and sufficiently futuristic—music that seems born of a million dramatic road trips that might provide a suitable soundtrack for a million more.
The four songs on the Baby Alpaca EP make for a striking, remarkably blissed-out statement of intent. The EP’s first single, “Sea of Dreams” (whose Dada-esque video premiered earlier this year via NPR.org) is as fitting an introduction as any band could hope to have: all echo-chamber vocals that seem to be haunted by reverby guitar lines and gently-played piano notes that drift through the song like ghosts. Tracks like “Wild Child” and “On The Roam” evoke a palpable sense of modern restlessness, something that permeates all of Baby Alpaca’s music. It’s a feeling that Kittrell attributes to his own meandering youth—a time spent experimenting, studying, travelling, and trying to locate his own creative voice.
“A lot of this music is about running way,” explains Kittrell, “I don’t mean that in a escapist kind of way, but more in terms of exploration. So much of my life has been about running away from tradition and traditional ways of thinking, which seeps into the music we make together. It’s about discovery. It’s not so much about running away from something bad, but rather running towards something really beautiful.”
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