Stream: Wampire, ‘The Hearse’
With a name like Wampire, the Portland-based band was bound to have some type of sound with an eerie Transylvanian sheen, and the haunting organ follows suit within the first few measures. Appropriately titled “The Hearse,” Rocky Tinder and Eric Phipps’ 7-inch single from their forthcoming debut is a morbid pop single that’s off-kilter as it is catchy. It’s a bit cleaner than what fans have heard in the past, but it sounds like producer Jacob Portrait (of Unknown Mortal Orchestra) has balanced the melodies and the oddities just right. Wampire also includes Cole Browning, Kevin Rafn and Andrew Meininger, and their full-length “Curiosity” is out May 2013 via Polyvinyl.
||| Stream: “The Hearse”
||| Live: Wampire plays Friday at the Echoplex with Unknown Mortal Orchestra, Foxygen and Gothic Tropic.
Photo by Robbie Augspurger
Wampire really know how to take press photos!!! Diggin the tunes, thanks for posting