Name: Notes from the Underworld *
Brand: Columbia (USA)
SKU: 1188063
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Notes from the Underworld *

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Album: Notes from the Underworld *
#	Song Title	Time
1)	Way to Your Heart
2)	Climbing
3)	City of Love
4)	Nice Day
5)	Muzika Dlya Fil'ma
6)	Even Though I'm Fooling Around
7)	On the Earth
8)	Walk to the Moon
9)	Paper Plane
10)	Queen's Night Out
11)	Home

Performer Notes

Persephone's Bees: Tony Ayres (guitar, bass guitar); Mike Farrell (bass guitar); Eric Valentine (drum); Angelina Moysov, Etienne De Rocher, Parthenon Huxley.
Personnel: Angelina Moysov (vocals, keyboards); Tom Ayres (guitar); Eric Valentine (drums); Etienne De Rocher, Parthenon Huxley (background vocals).
Audio Mixer: Eric Valentine .
Photographers: Piper Ferguson; Michael Lavine.
Arrangers: Angelina Moysov; Tom Ayres.
Thanks in part to the use of the addictive first single "Nice Day" in a national ad campaign for a hotel chain, San Francisco alternative-pop quartet Persephone's Bees gained immediate attention for their 2006 debut album, NOTES FROM THE UNDERWORLD. Russian-born singer and keyboardist Angelina Moysov is a photogenic Chrissie Hynde lookalike whose subtly accented vocals strongly recall the icy deadpan of Stereolab's Laetitia Sadier. Her primary foil, guitarist Tom Ayres, fills the songs with hooks and riffs that recall all manner of indie rock favorites from the Stone Roses and New Order to the Cocteau Twins and My Bloody Valentine, but the influences never overwhelm the strongly melodic songs. Despite the ominous name, NOTES FROM THE UNDERWORLD is a peppy, summery pop blast.

Professional Reviews

Alternative Press (p.232) - "Frontwoman Angelina Moysov leads her crew through sultry, swinging pop, film noir tunes in her native language, bouncy keyboard rockers and loopy electronic dance tracks.