A Week of SXSW 2009: Songs For Eleonor

[SXSW 2009]
Songs For Eleonor
Sounds Like: Electronica / Techno
Drinking Buddies: Hello Seahorse!, Lo-Fi-Fnk, Au Revoir Simone
Synopsis: Sentimental electronica for the deep-hearted.
Appearances at SXSW:

• Habana Bar (7:00 PM, March 18)

[Myspace]




All this week, Voilà! is covering South by Southwest.
Time for the fourth Voilà! featurette.
Today, the featured SXSW artist is Songs For Eleonor.



It's something about the way that music can make you feel things. The way it can make you move, and make you think. The ability of music to change your mood, alter your perception, and invigorate your mind is truly a powerful thing. If you allow it, music can be it's own unique form of magic; no fairy dust or wand required, just some speakers and a willingness to listen.

Lyrics are a significant piece of any song that incorporates them. A band can craft their poetry with great diligence to garner the desired effect they wish to invoke with your song; it's a bit of a science into the soul of a band's music listeners, really. And this is a science that Songs For Eleonor knows front to back. This duo from Mexico City takes on their duties of teaching the world how to love and be loved, by playing deeply textured love songs.

But don't mistake Songs For Eleonor for your run-of-the-mill electronica artist. In fact, Songs For Eleonor are quite the progressive team, very often pushing toward narrative lyrics, alongside inventive song structures that often lack choruses. The bass pulsates onward for a danceable atmosphere filled with ambient keyboard, following lighthearted, delicate melodies. The steady repetition of the rhythm is soothing in the most hypnotic sense, letting your mind wash over their words like water on the beach.

Songs For Eleonor has been busying themselves away with work on their second album. This if of course, after the release of their eponymous debut LP, released on the Mexican label Discos Termento. During South by Southwest, you can see Songs For Eleonor live on the first evening of the musical festivities - during their only performance at the festival - at the SXSW Official Showcase at the Habana Bar. Don't miss it, because the only shows the duo has scheduled for the future remain below the border. Go!