NYC Scene Report – Slow Fiction, Sabrina Song, & Love, BB

This week’s NYC Scene Report features Slow Fiction entering their “junior year,” Sabrina Song unveiling a “Big Trick,” and Love, BB playing some very jazzy “Solitaire.”

* NYC-based rockers Slow Fiction are on a fast rise, having just released a new single titled “junior year” after signing with indie label Tight Knit.

The band’s frontwoman Julia Vassallo, discussed the inspiration for the song in a statement, saying “‘junior year’ looks at the perspectives of two types of people – the one who wants to commodify, or sell, and the other who wants to rebel against that notion, while feeling intensely stuck in this machine of objectification. We’ve all been made to feel small at one time or another, which just isn’t a very nice feeling. I’ve often had that ‘conversation hangover,’ where I spend loads of time afterwards fantasizing over the perfect thing I could’ve said. I guess this was the easiest way to form a reply.”

Currently on the road with Vundabar for a tour that will wrap up on June 19th in Brooklyn, check out Slow Fiction’s “junior year,” as they’re a band that’s worth getting excited about.

* Longtime column favorite Sabrina Song just released a new EP titled Big Trick, and she weaves some magic on six-track effort.

Discussing the title track in a statement, Song said, “‘Big Trick’ captures the little moments of insecurity in a relationship, and what can happen when a love feels like it’s too good to be true.”

Song’s voice often seems too good to be true, and on “Big Trick” her vocals are once again both gorgeous, and emotive. Click play on the lyric video, and hear why “Big Trick” is actually a big treat.

* Love, BB – a collaborative effort between singer Brooke Backman, and songwriter and producer Michael Leviton – has arrived to bring us back to a much jazzier time.

Their debut single, titled “Solitaire,” has the vibe of an old school jazz club, and the duo describe their sound as “ghosts of a jazz era that may or may not have existed.”

Adding to this vibe is the fact that Love, BB recorded their upcoming album live to tape, using unedited takes with a room full of musicians.

The video for “Solitaire,” which is appropriately in black and white, features dancer Kitty Verte, and the entire thing is almost too cool for words. Click play, and enjoy a little time travel courtesy of Love, BB.

For more of the best of NYC’s indie music scene, come back next Wednesday, and check out the archives for previous columns.