Sunny, scary indie-pop with unforced naiveté.

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POP: Quirky, ROCK: Psychedelic



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Cute and cuddly have exploded musically in the new millennium, but few bands remember that you can't have sugar without spice. Heroes +
Heroines respond by throwing shambling indie pop, twinkling childhood instruments and sheer electric noise into the same bubbling stew.

Five friends and relatives make up the Heroes + Heroines collective,
playing everything from guitar to xylophone to duck whistle. Nick
scares children with his shrieking vocals while Tony and Anjelica calm
them as the cooing counterparts. Alex and Jason make up a steady
rhythm section of basslines and beats, reigning in the freewheeling
whole.

Heroes + Heroines are old enough to know there was life before the
Strokes but young enough to have their youthful exuberance ring true.
The band sits with the likes of Broken Social Scene, the Arcade Fire
and dios(malos) as an adventurous pop group for a new generation.
Check out the droning organ underpinning opener "The Boy Who Loved Birds" versus the out-and-out guitar rock of "Don't Tell" for a sample of their versatility. The drowning vocals of "NGO" sounds like My Bloody Valentine hitting an emotional epiphany, while "Bloody Dragon" incorporates a Brian Wilson-type choral arrangement into a chaotic noise pastiche.

Check out the band's fantastic seven-song EP and live shows via
www.heroesandheroinesband.com or www.myspace.com/heroesandheroines.

-Bill Gil