Familiar Trees

Familiar Trees Discography:
2005 :: Familiar Trees EP, Time Release Records, USA

Appears on:
2009:: [Last Days, The Safety of the North, N5MD, US] "May Your Days Be Gold"
2007 :: [V/A Schole Compilation Volume 1, Schole, JP] "Knew Peace"
2006 :: [V/A Springs, Re:Makes & Mixes of RF, Odd Shaped Case, US] "Sunspot"

Music Videos:
Familiar Trees :: "Leafy Sanctuaries" by Carol Jakob :: http://vimeo.com/3345584
Familiar Trees :: "Sunspot" by Smog Films :: http://vimeo.com/955335
Familiar Trees :: "Between" by Carol Jakob :: http://vimeo.com/1809370
Familiar Trees :: "Here I am" by Alec Cheer :: http://vimeo.com/1073112
Familiar Trees :: "Knew Peace" by lalaclick :: http://vimeo.com/9226265

Future Live Performances:
6/20/2010 :: Soulstice Lovefest @ Will Reid Scout Camp, Long Beach, CA
7/17/2010 :: Bleicher Golightly Gallery, Santa Monica, CA

Past Live Performances:
4/24/2010 :: Orange County Center For Contemporary Art, Santa Ana, CA
3/11/2010 :: After Dark, Long Beach Museum of Art, Long Beach, CA
3/6/2010 :: Viento y Agua Gallery, Long Beach, CA
12/20/2009 :: Winter Gathering @ Pehrspace, Los Angeles, CA
12/12/2009 :: Zephyr Vegetarian Cafe, Long Beach, CA
10/24/2009 :: {OPEN} books.music.magazines.art , Long Beach, CA
8/15/2009 :: Eclectic Music Concert 40, Orange County Center for Contemporary Art, Santa Ana, CA
1/15/2006 :: In-Store @ Fingerprints, Long Beach, CA
12/2/2005 :: EnView Gallery, Long Beach, CA

Facebook:
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MySpace
www.myspace.com/familiartreesaddendum
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Booking/Press Inquiries:
familiartrees@gmail.com

FT music is suitable for intimate venues & quiet spaces (e.g., museums, galleries, libraries, theaters, auditoriums, bookstores, records stores, tea houses, tree houses, log cabins, yurts, art spaces, etc).
FT music is not suitable for bars, nightclubs.
FT provides its own PA & sound man when practical and/or necessary.
FT music is recorded and released by Time Release Records, www.timereleaserecords.com

Familiar Trees EP
(cd in handmade felt pocket + leaf stitching) available at CDBABY & timereleaserecords.com / songs also @iTunes.

"Everyone was well impressed with the fancy stitched felt sleeve the disc came packaged in, then we put it on and floated off into a time of less stress, sun dappled ground (from filtering through a familiar tree, perhaps), and scent of cherry blossoms. Far from as new agey as that sounds, Familiar Trees walks the well loved, but somewhat overgrown, path previously tread by Mazzy Star and Slowdive, but both at their most quietly beautiful." -Fingerprints Record Store

"Blending indie pop sensibilities with folk and ambient soundscapes, Familiar Trees is the dreamiest EP to be released in recent memory. Sustained keyboards, subdued acoustic guitars and crystalline, breathy female vocals flow throughout this mesmerizing collection of six pieces. Beautiful in every aspect, this EP comes in a hand-sewn cloth pouch." -Seldom Heard Radio

"The delicately textured vocals of Fabiola Sanchez take the tender, ambient pop-sensibilities of Ken Negrete and Joel O'Neill to otherworldly places. While Familiar Trees create music that has immediate appeal, there is something much deeper happening within the chords, flourishes, and atmospheres. "Minutes Pass" opens the EP, and you are swooned with the soft rhythm of shakers, carefully strummed acoustic guitars, ethereal keyboard drones, and hauntingly reverbed breathy vocals. Warm orchestral strings dominate "Discreet Robots", and it's (ironically) the most organic moment on the EP. Again, Fabiola's voice defines the song and turns it completely angelic. The breathtaking instrumental "Serum" has a relation to the instrumental tracks found on Goldfrapp's Felt Mountain, only Familiar Trees makes instrumentals more pristine and less synthetic. "Dreamstate" continues right where "Serum" left off, as the vocal-less track mixes warm strings to the euphoria. Artistic nature sounds with a space-like undertone, along with gentle acoustic guitars bring "Nameless" to its wonderful climax. The vocals are doubled at times, and their reverb evokes Elizabeth Fraser (CT). The final "From Clay" is almost lullaby-like, quiet and pensive, yet rich with sonic appeal, as the synths are tenderly accompanied by a lone piano. I'm not hyping this EP at all...it simply blows my mind in a very subtle way. This is when pop crashes into art. -the black and white magazine