Music #2: She & Him

i removed 'suggestion' from the title, because y'all probably already know them all and they're not going to be particularly 'new' all the time. so, it's just music, probably what it should be anyways.


so this week highlighted is duo She & Him made of actress / musician Zooey Deschanel and musician / producer M. Ward. the main instrumentation pouring from the honey-dripping speakers mainly consists of piano, guitar, banjo, drums, and other various guest strings (also whistling at times, and a pseudo-trumpet solo that reminds one of Keller Williams' mouth-trumpet, in the best sense of course).
Deschanel fills most of the main vocals, with Ward backing or alternating lyrics. The best thing about this album is it's simplicity. nothing is particularly complex or convoluted. instrumentals follow their own rhythms and note patterns without too much surprise. lyrics complete all those 1950's dreams of the 'baby i'm waiting for you only' type of surface skimming love, that in it's own way tells of all the depths of love in just a few easy going phrases.

click here for their website.

click here for their myspace page.

both sites above include much of the songs from their single album "Volume One," which came out in March of this year. all i hope is that a "Volume Two" will be released in the not-too-distant future.