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Working under the name Craft Spells, Stockton, Calif.'s Justin Vallesteros makes music for bedsitters who dream about being social. Though often addressed to a love interest either real or imagined, Idle Labor is above all a lonely album that rarely betrays its origin as a solo project. Sonically it recalls Wild Nothing it the way it mines a large swath of 1980s synth pop, but its clear emotional tenor gives it a distinguishing perspective and personality.
Idle Labor exists in a time frame best described by the title of its ebullient centerpiece-- "After the Moment". These are sketches of romantic problems and solutions with the wounds still fresh and the thoughts uncensored. Taken as a whole, it could be read as a narrative following Vallesteros from heartbreak to infatuation and back, a few months' worth of romantic uncertainty boiled down to a taut and hooky album.
In a maundering yearn somewhere between Jens Lekman and Ian Curtis, Vallesteros introduces himself as a lovelorn melodramatist over sunstroked, near-Balearic pop. But as the narrative begins to hint at physical contact, the music works in lockstep, and Vallestreros builds tracks more as a dance producer than a singer-songwriter. And that's where he hits his stride-- while his vocals remain a central fixture, the post-punk mordancy is softened by locomotive arrangements that stack synth pads, ringing guitar, and primitive drum programming.
"Party Talk" starts a mid-album mini-suite with Vallesteros as a nebbishy Woody Allen character trying to decode a mutual romantic connection from casual conversation. But he leaps forward during the upbeat "From the Morning Heat", and by the fantastic morning-after celebration "After the Moment", something has apparently clicked; Vallesteros repeats the chorus as if he knows it's the best he's written.
The emotional high is predictably short-lived, and even within its brief half-hour runtime, more than a few of the melodies take detours and left turns. "The Fog Rose High" has the feel of a gothier Beach Fossils, while the anodyne dream-pop scruff of "You Should Close the Door" could have been a Radio Dept. B-side. But as with so many bedroom auteurs' debuts, it's tough to separate the creation from the creator, and Idle Labor shows the promise of a precocious songwriter who isn't claiming to have anything totally figured out just yet.

Craft Spells -  After the Moment

The first single off of their debut album 'Loose Ends'

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"In the cold and dreary winter of 2009, alone in his bedroom and hidden from the darkness of the world outside Justin Paul Vallesteros had begun working on something that would change his life forever. What began as a couple notes played in experimentation soon transformed into vibrant melodies that soon shook Vallesteros' musical foundation to the core. Guitar chords laced over pulse sating synth melodies and drum rhythms was a departure from Justin's previous work; he began to create the dreamy nostalgic pop music that is Craft Spells. Justin is a California native who now finds residence in the mid-size town of Stockton, the heart of California. Craft Spells is the epitome of the recent uprising of the DIY music scene. Coming from a place not known for its musical history or impact on music culture it seemed destined for Craft Spells to stay as a bedroom pop project with no final destination in sight. But soon the shear amount of blog volume his work began to generate was unimaginable. Sites like Weekly Tape Deck, Pasta Primavera, No Modest Bear and Pitchfork's Forkcast took notice and thus began the never ending worldwide posting and re-posting on blog after blog of Craft Spells. The sound is led by Justin's blissful voice, backed behind beautiful guitar melodies over heavenly synths, pop basslines and looped rhythms. Captured Tracks has released 7" single for the song "Party Talk" and will release the debut LP due out in Spring 2011 called Idle Labor. 2011 is going to be a busy year now that Justin has set up a live band for future touring. Keep a look out for tour dates in Europe and US come the new year. In no time at all, Justin has been able to move out of Dave Brubeck and Pavement's shadow to create something his own which he shares with the ever continuing admiration of the world." 

Craft Spells - Party Talk

Rough demo

Let's get away with murder for the second time
In all my life I never knew how not to tell a lie
She's only doing this so we can understand
That everything is coming up roses, because

She's got all of the stars she keeps them inside little lockets
They lullaby and dream away held safe within her pockets
A gentle hand comes from the sky down here and it reminds me
Of all the times I tried to run but now I now I can't help

Slowly

La la la la slowly falling into
La la la la slowly falling, falling into
La la la la slowly falling into
La la la la slowly falling into one with you

Falling Slowly - DEMO 3

GOLD CELESTE - Is This What You Could Not Do? (Single Edit)

LUPO

That's the day I've been waiting for
Driving slow around with you
From the hill where the sun is lying 
Yellow strips of gold are straining here right into my eyes

And I'm glad you chose to spend today with me
Glad to see the sun burning
Silent you and silent me, waiting
For the sun to drown into the sea.

By my side now the river slides,
Looking for a sea to feed.
And I watch the wind
That blows invisible
Dancing with the wind
I think you know well the way I feel.

And I'm glad you chose to spend today with me
Glad to see the sun burning
Silent you and silent me, waiting
For the sun to drown into the sea.

It's change
It's nothing at all
It's changed
Nothing at all.

Lupo

Initial tracking by Larry Crane at Jackpot! Recording Studio. 
Overdubs by Steph and Maggie at Trash Treasury. 
Mixed by The Helio Sequence. 
Mastered by Adam Gonsalves at Telegraph Mastering. 

Photo by Megan Leisy. Design and layout by Genders.

Maggie Morris- guitar/vocals/omnichord/synth
Stephen Leisy-guitar/synth
Katherine Paul-drums/vocals
Matt Hall-bass

Life Is But A Dream

Hello, thanks for listening. My new album 'Goodness Gracious' is out May 3rd 2019 via Dot Dash / Remote Control: sunbeamsoundmachine.lnk.to/goodnessgracious

Here are the new tunes:

Talking Distance: https://soundcloud.com/sunbeam-sound-machine/talking-distance-1

Seems Like You've Made Up Your Mind: https://soundcloud.com/sunbeam-sound-machine/seems-like-youve-made-up

#indie #alternative #psych #dreampop #psychedelic

Sunbeam Sound Machine

I Dreamt I Saw You In A Dream

Beach Fossils, "Vacation"

"Forever, Until" is the second single off Dog Bite's debut album, "Velvet Changes" 

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Dog Bite - Forever, Until

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Beach Fossils, "Vacation"

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