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Groop of the Day: Duchess Leo

 “Duchess Leo”
Duchess Leo
 “Golden Gray: Deluxe Edition”
Golden Gray: Deluxe Edition
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Golden Gray: Deluxe Edition

“Golden Gray: Deluxe Edition” by “Duchess Leo”

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In mid-December of every year, time stops being measured by the standard calendar.  Instead, it is tracked by how many shopping days remain before Christmas.  For many people, this unsettling reality is made more palatable by the discovery of a bargain and the ability to cross one more item off the list.  As always, we want to help you in any way we can, so today, your friends at GroopEase are proud to introduce you to Duchess Leo, our Groop of the Day, and offer you a bundle of their albums Golden Gray, These For Those: Volume 1, and These For Those: Volume 2, all for the festive bargain of $4.  It's 20 unique and brilliant tracks, combining the piano with the synthesizer, the classical with the futuristic, the awesome with the awesomer.   Duchess Leo is comprised of Dan Ryan and Todd Buchler, two lifelong friends from New Jersey now residing in Brooklyn.  While there may still be more than 10 shopping days left until Christmas, you have only a fraction of that time to grab this bundle.  Don't miss out!

Off the bat, Duchess Leo has a pleasant aura about them.  It's easy to see, rather quickly, that they're the type of band you can really sink your teeth into.  Some songs have a sort of mellow, self-pondering energy to them, with brilliant, chime-like open-tunings, delicate string arrangements, and well constructed vocal melodies throughout.  The combinations of tones and collaborative work on Golden Gray, their latest album and first full-length, make for something I'm sure you will enjoy.

The deluxe edition of this album, up for grabs today, includes These For Those: Volumes 1 and 2, which include live recordings and works between their last EP and their first full length, documenting what sounds like it was quite the fun ride.  Duchess Leo successfully takes folky qualities and a knack for the ambient and unpredictable, and makes pretty spectacular music.  Listen to all 20 tracks for yourself for only $4 while you can. 

-Kyle Patrick

 

"Buchler and Ryan are guys to watch – and it sounds like we’ll have plenty of time for a-watchin’; they told the Village Voice that they’re on the second year of a “50-year plan...”  -The Red Alert