Monthly Archives: August 2010

When your name is Lucrecia Dalt, chances are that no matter what you do, people are going to find it impossible to forget your name. So why not start an experimental indie-rock band and really stake your claim in the annals of music history? All right, so she’s a little young and just getting her start to go that far, but if the Columbian native plays her cards right, she could be the next Siouxsie or maybe even a female Frank Zappa. For many, she may verge on the ‘too experimental’ side of things sometimes, but stick with it: just when you might be getting lost, she brings you back through the sheer anarchic talent of building harmonies from the most unusual of sounds: seagulls, what sound like hacksaws, god-knows-what-else, and her own beautifully-woven layers of vocal melodies. That’s not to be said they’re there just because they’re there : she’s got a method to her madness, and if you give it a chance you’ll be rewarded, or at the very least, intrigued at her varied attempts to get away from the status quo. Yeah, so Lucretia’s strange, weird, maybe even the music equivalent of a musical P.T. Barnum, but that’s what makes her stand out, and even harder to forget (along with that name). Fans of Bjork might find some similarities here in the vocal arrangements — indeed, at times she looks uncannily like her Icelandic counterpart, especially when she flashes that tight-lipped smile — but Lucrecia doubles her duty on a bass guitar, and it ain’t that easy to make it stand out like that. Brave souls who are so inclined can  head on over to Red Bull Music Academy Radio and get a listen of the talented musical prodigy.