Danielle Rubi
Pipas
Transatlantic Twee-Popsters By Stewart MasonTimeless minimalist twee-pop duo.
Pipas, a duo of singer-songwriters Lupe Núñez-Fernández and Mark Powell, are a band out of time. Though they formed in 2000, their particular brand of minimalist twee pop inescapably recalls a time a decade or so before when labels like Sarah Records were churning out releases by similarly-minded bands on a near-weekly basis. At that time, their low-key take on the style, centered on Lupe's graceful vocals, acoustic guitars and rattling drum machines might have gotten lost in the shuffle, but in the new millennium, albums like A Cat Escaped and Sorry Love scratched that itch for a generation of aging indie kids who missed beloved small-scale bands like Henry's Dress and Glo-Worm. Ironically, as '90s-style indie pop started undergoing a revival with the rebirth of Slumberland Records and a new generation of younger bands discovering the form, Pipas -- now split between Madrid and Brooklyn -- went into suspended animation. Lupe resurfaced in 2011 as half of the duo Amor de Dias with Clientele frontman Alasdair MacLean, releasing their first album Street of the Love of Days on Merge Records.
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Music Review
Street of the Love of Days
Amor De DiasLovely surfaces mask unexpected musical and emotional depth
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