ELIZABETH & THE CATAPULT
Remember Sally, the super-hip high school sophomore that accidentally introduced me to Marina & The Diamonds? Well, she was so enthused with the mix-tapes I've been burning her big sister that she decided impress my sophistic musical tastes by burning me a mix-tape of her own.
I completely encourange mixtapes as a way of sucking up to your elders. By way of this trick I re-discovered some old-school Ingrid Michaelson and She & Him, but also I was introduced to the musical carnival known as Elizabeth & The Catapult. When my mother first heard "Perfectly Perfect" pop up on the iPod adapter in my car, she said, "Good Lord, Alyssa, this song is your embodiment." E&C's debut album Taller Children is filled with bubbly piano trills and guitar riffs, schmoozing from the poppy cultural criticism of the title track to the folksy lamentation of Complimentary Me.
Elizabeth Ziman, the Catapult's front(wo)man, is a crooner reminiscent of Jenny Lewis & early Ingrid Michaelson (isn't everyone?), but manages to infuse her style with an effervescent sort of smoothness that travels quickly from jazzily apathetic to heavily lamentive to effervescent pop and back again. But don't take my word for it! Pick a couple from Lizzie's peach tree yourself:
Perfectly Perfect (Elizabeth & The Catapult):
https://files.getdropbox.com/u/949103/13%20Perfectly%20Perfect.mp3
Race You (Elizabeth & The Catapult):
https://files.getdropbox.com/u/949103/05-race-you.mp3
Momma's Boy (Elizabeth & The Catapult):
https://files.getdropbox.com/u/949103/Mommas%20Boy.mp3
Taller Children (Elizabeth & The Catapult):
https://files.getdropbox.com/u/949103/Elizabeth%20%26%20The%20Catapult%20-%20Taller%20Children.mp3
Complimentary Me (Elizabeth & The Catapult):
https://files.getdropbox.com/u/949103/10-complimentary-me.mp3
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