Hello there Hey Marseilles. How did a band that wrote such a magical song like “Rio” avoid my radar for this long? My inbox is so backlogged that I missed the promo e-mails that I received on them. I’m not proud to admit that, but at least I am experiencing their glory now.
The band released their debut album To Travels & Trunks this past June 29th, and I am gonna have to play catch up with it. After listening to “Rio”, I have already grown quite fond of these guys. They come from Seattle, but bring a worldy sound that sounds like a poppier Beirut. In other words, they’re incredibly talented.
You can’t really argue with this song:
[mp3]: Hey Marseilles – Rio
Watch it’s music video below. This is one of the more creative & generally pleasant music videos that I have had the pleasure to watch in recent memory:
Samuel — 27 Jul 10
The album’s really good, too and definitely worth picking up though nothing quite reaches the level of Rio.