This week has music from Washington DC, Altanta Georgia, and Tesuque New Mexico. Lejeune is from Washington DC their music is classed as romantic pop reminiscent of REM and early ABC. Tea Leaves is from Atlanta. Mrs Parker as opposed to Mrs Robinson is a Rock Ballad. It sounds like early INXS. Finally we are going to end in a Trance, TranceVision to be exact from the beautiful town of Tesuque New Mexico, just North of Santa Fe which I have visited on a number of occasions. This is techno world electronic music.

Moon Shy City, Lejeune from Washington DC of the album Lejuene

Lejeune is a Washington, DC quartet dedicated to writing and performing romantic pop rock. Though Lejeunes songs have been described as a soulful and velvety mix, blending the sounds of indie and pop icons like Luna, Bowie, and early R.E.M., its members have created something uniquely their own. Certainly much could be attributed to singer Sam Bishops well-written lyrics delivered via mature and melodious vocals, as well as guitarist Matthew Richardsons bold and sometimes Knopfler-esque fret board stylings. There is no denying, however, the solidifying impact Lejeunes rhythm section has on its music. The coordination of and interplay between bassist Odysseus Leonard and drummer Greg Gendron only work to further expand the dynamism of Lejeunes songs.

Mrs Parker by Tea Leaves from Atlanta Georgia off the album Tea Leaves

This is what RockNWorld mag says:

The Atlanta, Georgia five-piece Tea Leaves have spent several years breaking their collective backs for the music industry, only to have little given to them in return. Now with a solid, steady line-up, the group have released a self-titled debut on the Republik Rekords label, and seem poised to move on to bigger and better things. Playing soft, expansive pop rock with some spacey, melodic guitar work at times, Tea Leaves is generally pretty soft and fluffy as far as rock music goes.

LeMuria by TranceVision from TESUQUE, New Mexico off the album LeMuria

TranceVision was founded in 1998 by Pete Code (producer/songwriter/musician) and Greta Rose (lead vocals/percussion). Greg Kaiser joined the band as the keyboardist in 1999. The band is dedicated to exploring the boundaries of contemporary and ancient music without concern for trends and experimentation is law.

The band has enjoyed the privilege of recording with prominent and talented musicians such as Tim Reynolds (TR3, Dave Matthews) rhythm & lead guitar on “Atom ” and “Enertia”, Kip Winger (Winger, Alan Parsons) fretless bass on “Lemuria”.

Tea Leaves and Lejeune are courtesy of PodsafeAudio.com and TranceVision are courtesy of Magnatune. All are independent artists. This podcast is released under is available under Creative Commons 2.5 license.

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