What’s that? You haven’t heard of Sepalcure? Well, you have, but you’re probably confusing the moniker with the similarly sounding word for tomb, “sepulcher.” We haven’t written about Sepalcure, the duo of Travis Stewart (Machinedrum) and Praveen Sharma (Braille), for reasons that aren’t really within my capacity to explain. Their self-titled full-length released last year definitely earns my vote for probably the most underrated album of 2011, and for all the just praise that Machinedrum’s Room(s) received, it was even better than that, in my tremendously informed opinion. Presumably, when Stewart and Sharma first started releasing music together in 2010, they gazed into each other’s eyes, in a mutual acknowledgement of the synergy emanating from their respective styles. And then they quickly ceased said gazing, because it does get creepy/borderline homoerotic after a certain point.
You know where prolonged staring isn’t creepy? In an audience of equally appreciative onlookers. You know where you can find an audience of equally appreciative onlookers? On Sepalcure’s short upcoming North American tour, which begins in July. Kudos to you if you can find the space to longingly gaze among all the dancing bodies.
Dates:
07.19.12 - Toronto, ON - The Drake
07.20.12 - San Francisco, CA - 1015 Folsom
07.21.12 - New York, NY - The Warm Up PS1/MoMA
07.21.12 - Brooklyn, NY - 287 Kent
07.23.12 - New York, NY - Deep Space/Cielo
07.28.12 - Tygh Valley, OR - What The Festival
08.03.12 - Squamish, BC - Bass Coast Project
• Sepalcure: http://www.facebook.com/sepalcure
• Hotflush: http://www.hotflushrecordings.com
[Photo: Stephanie Kimberly]
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