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June 24th, 2010
Armen At The Bazaar - (Independent)
Armen At The Bazaar
Steve Lalla
Montreal's Armen Bazarian's debut EP is a soft and short, breezy little
folk/pop package that easily captures the heart. While built firmly on the
foundation of Armen's clean tone guitar playing and beautiful voice,
excellent studio work subtly introduces harmonic vocal layers, distorted
guitar, echoes and violin into the mix - like a pretty carousel of pastel
sounds blissfully rotating by in the kaleidoscopic background. Brian Wilson
would be proud. Only the minute-long Animal Collective-ish Tribal Interlude
has any percussion and this, combined with the EP's intelligent songwriting,
carefree spirit, originality and painful brevity, leaves one itching for a
stronger dose from this promising newcomer.
From: A. Papazian
Armen At The Bazaar - (Independent)
Armen At The Bazaar
Steve Lalla
Montreal's Armen Bazarian's debut EP is a soft and short, breezy little
folk/pop package that easily captures the heart. While built firmly on the
foundation of Armen's clean tone guitar playing and beautiful voice,
excellent studio work subtly introduces harmonic vocal layers, distorted
guitar, echoes and violin into the mix - like a pretty carousel of pastel
sounds blissfully rotating by in the kaleidoscopic background. Brian Wilson
would be proud. Only the minute-long Animal Collective-ish Tribal Interlude
has any percussion and this, combined with the EP's intelligent songwriting,
carefree spirit, originality and painful brevity, leaves one itching for a
stronger dose from this promising newcomer.
From: A. Papazian