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| Picastro - "You"  " You " is the new full-length release by Picastro on Function Records.Since its creation in Toronto in 1998 Picastro has continued in many forms with its current band members consisting of Liz Hysen, Brandon Valdivia and Nick Storring. Picastro has toured extensively over the past 10 years in North America and Europe and have appeared on BBC radio, VPRO (Dutch national radio) and the venerable WFMU. Recorded by Jeff McMurrich and mixed/produced by Nick Storring and Sandro Perri the album features 10 songs and includes guest appearances by Evan Clarke, Tony Dekker (Great Lake Swimmers), Alex Lukashevsky as well as Colleen Kinsella and Caleb Mulkerin of Big Blood/Cereberus Shoal infamy. After having worked with artists like the Academy Award nominee Owen Pallett, Jamie Stewart (Xiu Xiu), Nadja and Great Lake Swimmers, the band has just released itsfifth full length studio album, You, described by the guys at TheLineOfBestFit as "an album of hard-staring shoegaze, of richness and discomfort mixed, drawing you into a strange and beautiful otherworld". " …a perfect soundtrack to the approaching void. " – NME " They mine music from the most extreme intersection of beauty and melancholy. " – Pitchfork PICASTRO EUROPEAN TOUR DATES March 18 | Brussels – BE | Les Mariniers with Khora (on Constellation) March 19 | Utrecht – NL | Db's March 20 | Munich – DE | TBC March 21 | Innsbruck – AT | PMK with Khora March 22 | Zero Branco – IT | Altroquando with Khora March 23 | Genova – IT | Garage 1517 with Khora March 24 | Perugia – IT | Postmodernissimo March 25 | Rome – IT | Dal Verme March 26 | Bologna – IT | Freak Out Club March 27 | Lausanne – CH | Le Bourg With Toronaut March 28 | Nijmegen – NL | Derde Wal March 29 | Ghent – BE | Kinky Star with Khora March 30 | Brussels – BE | Le Chaf write your comments about the article :: © 2015 Jazz News :: home page |