双人乐队Arthur & Yu成Grant Olsen以Gold Leaves的名义发行了自己的第一张个人专辑,《The Ornament》。Olsen采用略带新迷幻色彩的音乐以及和声制作出了温暖的音乐。Papercuts的JaSon Quever也对专辑的制作伸出援手,帮助Olsen丰富了歌曲中的吉他、键盘、和声以及打击乐部分。
by Tim Sendra
As half of the duo Arthur & Yu, Grant Olsen crafted a gauzy neo-psychedelic sound with lovely vocal harmonies and plenty of warmth. The Ornament, his first album under the name Gold Leaves, finds Olsen in solo project mode, playing and singing a much more intimate and orchestrated brand of beardy, reverb folk. With the help of fellow sonic traveler Jason Quever of Papercuts, Olsen layers every inch of the record with guitars, keyboards, vocals, and percussion in a very pleasing way that mixes seemingly contradictory styles like doo wop, orchestral pop, and singer/songwriter-ish country into a coherent sound. Quever’s … » Read more