The Brunettes
Breezy New Zealand indie pop group the Brunettes feature the core duo of multi-instrumentalist, vocalist, and producer Jonathan Bree and multi-instrumentalist and vocalist Heather Mansfield, along with as many as eight auxiliary members who help create the group's Phil Spector-esque wall of sound. The band's rotating membership includes Lil' Chief labelmates Harry Cundy and the Reduction Agents' James Milne and Ryan McPhun, and the Lil' Chief Orchestrette add banjo, marimba, saxophone, cello, and clarinet to the band's sonic palette.
In 1998, Bree and Mansfield were playing in different bands and met when they played a show together; the Brunettes were born when the pair decided they'd like to collaborate on sweet but smart pop inspired by '60s girl groups and '70s punk. Later that year, the Brunettes' debut EP, Mars Loves Venus, arrived. Though the band's first release arrived relatively quickly, it took another four years for the band's first full-length, Holding Hands, Feeding Ducks, to appear on Lil' Chief Records. The charm of this album and the Boyracer EP, also released in 2002, won the Brunettes a devoted following in their homeland. The group spent 2003 and 2004 touring Australia and the U.K., supporting other pop-minded bands such as Architecture in Helsinki and the Futureheads. Summer 2004 saw the release of their second album, which was also named Mars Loves Venus (the EP and the album only have the title track in common), and reflected the Brunettes' increasing skill in the studio and influences from Gram Parsons to Prince.
The band made it to the U.S. as a septet in 2005 as support for the Shins, and released the When Ice Met Cream EP to commemorate the occasion. That fall, they signed to Sub Pop and then toured as a five-piece with Rilo Kiley. The group's most sophisticated album yet, 2007's Structure and Cosmetics became the first Brunettes album to be released domestically in the U.S. The Brunettes handled the distribution of 2009's Paper Dolls on their own, releasing it in the U.S. and New Zealand on Lil' Chief.
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Discographie
14 album(s) • Trié par Meilleures ventes
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Structure and Cosmetics
Pop - Paru chez Lil' Chief Records le 31 juil. 2007
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Mars Loves Venus
Pop - Paru chez Lil Chief Records le 24 juil. 2004
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Holding Hands, Feeding Ducks
Pop - Paru chez Lil Chief Records le 1 juin 2002
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Mars Loves Venus
Pop - Paru chez Lil' Chief Records le 24 juil. 2004
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The Red Rollerskates EP
Alternatif et Indé - Paru chez Lil' Chief Records le 1 août 2009
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Holding Hands, Feeding Ducks
Pop - Paru chez Lil' Chief Records le 1 juin 2002
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Paper Dolls
Alternatif et Indé - Paru chez Lil' Chief Records le 26 oct. 2009
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The Boyracer
Alternatif et Indé - Paru chez Lil' Chief Records le 1 juin 2003
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When Ice Met Cream
Pop - Paru chez Lil Chief Records le 17 janv. 2005
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The Boyracer E.P.
Pop - Paru chez Lil Chief Records le 1 janv. 2003
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When Ice Met Cream
Pop - Paru chez Lil' Chief Records le 17 janv. 2005
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Live at Max's Kansas City (June 1, 1980)
Punk - New Wave - Paru chez Fleabag le 7 juin 2019
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