Station to Station

railcars
Genre: Other / Experimental / Live Electronics
From: San Francisco, California
United States

San Franciscans railcars (the artists formerly known as Aria C Jalali) are a quartet of undergraduates including the aforementioned Aria C Jalali, multi-instrumentalist Dasha Bulatova, guitarist Biljana Mirkovski and bassist and laptopist! Shaw Waters.

The railcar sound is fuzzy and anarchic like a lo-fi, bontempi Arcade Fire fronted by a less self conscious David Byrne mumbling through a Wal Mart microphone which is a damn sight more memorable and catchy than it sounds. They sound seriously under produced which is why they stand out from the crowd.

The band have been playing with the Handsome Furs and their last ep was produced by Jamie Stewart (of Xiu Xiu) so expect to hear much more about them in 2009.

Go Try

MP3 - railcars - through the trees lay smokestacks
MP3 - railcars - saints are waiting for me (outside my door)
If anyone from the IFPI is reading these tracks are published with the permission of railcars so please refrain from alleging infringement of copyright.

Go Visit

railcars - Myspace

If you like these you'll love railcars...

MP3 - Handsome Furs - I'm Confused
If anyone from the IFPI is reading these tracks are linked direct from Sub Pop Records website.

MP3 - Xiu Xiu - I Do What I Want When I Want
If anyone from the IFPI is reading these tracks are linked direct from Kill Rock Stars website.