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Freelance Whales found one another in late 2008, in Queens, amidst a strange amalgam of unfamiliar instruments, and precariously arranged pop songs. Using whatever musical gadgets they happened upon (mostly harmonium, banjo, glockenspiel, synthesizers, guitars, bass, drums, waterphone), the five members worked at crafting songs with interlocking rhythmic patterns, lush textural layering, and an engaged group-vocal energy. The result is their debut LP, weathervanes, whose songs work at evoking a sense of dislocation, or sensory disorientation. They invite the human spirit to exit the body, if only for brief moments. Freelance Whales can be spotted in the streets and humble venues of New York City, and in due time, elsewhere.

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folk, acoustic, folk pop, indie, pop
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jamiew1288 wrote:
5 hours ago

Hannah is #1? Huh? Location and First Floor are far more superior.

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bektravels wrote:
6 hours ago

Wish they had some tracks up here:-/

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trombipulation wrote:
yesterday morning

About as creative as their name implies.

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christizzle86 wrote:
yesterday morning

<3 your music so so much!

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ManInAUniform wrote:
7 days ago

ชอบหวะ...

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timnog wrote:
9 days ago

Man, Freelance Whales and Fanfarlo together. Fortuitous. Fantastic.

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snah_ wrote:
9 days ago

Come back to the UK!!! I mean it :).

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MusicPiggy wrote:
10 days ago

I can't stop listening.

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Mickle1984 wrote:
12 days ago

yea thats better!

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Foosimoo wrote:
12 days ago

similar artists updated!

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campfiresongs wrote:
15 days ago

like the bastard lovechild of sufjan stevens and the postal service

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noturnonred056 wrote:
16 days ago

anathalloish

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poshye wrote:
18 days ago

sufjanish

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Mele-lene wrote:
20 days ago

I am alreay amazed by one song. Have to listen to some more =)

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HeyitsMandy wrote:
21 days ago

Hahah, why are the similar artists Jay-Z and Chris Brown?

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sweety_speedy84 wrote:
22 days ago

lols @ similar artists.

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sweety_speedy84 wrote:
22 days ago

yessss, luv coming across music I just can't stop listening to. Gotta get the word out =)

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sunnydaysforme wrote:
22 days ago

I LOVEEEEE THE DEBUT

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Batmantid wrote:
24 days ago

Only three tracks into this album and I am amazed.

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lightnings wrote:
24 days ago

amazing

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