The Fairline Parkway

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The Fairline Parkway are an indie pop band from Washington, DC. Their sophomore album, A Memory of Open Spaces, from Kora Records is released today, May 27^th.

The Fairline Parkway started when Zachary Okun and Raj Gadhia met in college, from an anthropology class. They managed to release a self-titled debut record on Lazy Line Records in 2002. (This is terribly off-topic, but I get the sneaky suspicion that the label is named after "Lazy Line Painter Jane", a song from Belle & Sebastian).

By 2007, the duo found themselves adding a few other musicians in the band, including same-surnames of Krista and Elmer Sharp (married couple? siblings?), and an old friend, Ben Licciardi.

I liked the appearance of Krista's vocals on "Charting Coastlines", "Homesteaders" (as backup), and "Nowhere to Be", which is rare because most of the song are driven by the soft-singing style of Raj Gadhia. You can currently download "Homesteaders" on their myspace.

I did mange to listen to their previous effort on Lazy Line, and I have to say that the new album seems to be more organic. Listen to the strings on "Storms And Gales" or xylophone on "Homesteaders", they add a little flavor to their songs.

A Memory of Open Spaces is out now, look for them at the CD Release party on June 15^th with Grand Archives & Sera Cahoone at the Rock and Roll Hotel in Washington, DC.