Boca Chica

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Not on Christmas Eve 03:41 Tools
Snow Angels 03:58 Tools
Lake Erie 04:28 Tools
For Jacob with Malaria 03:52 Tools
Blackberries 03:51 Tools
Cobblestones 04:29 Tools
Afternoon Tea 04:11 Tools
Wildlife of Algeria 02:50 Tools
Beasts 02:34 Tools
Valentine 04:24 Tools
Big Calm 04:57 Tools
Pins And Needles 04:25 Tools
Minneapolis 04:16 Tools
You're the Blues 04:25 Tools
Paper Way 02:51 Tools
Like Sheep In the Night 02:34 Tools
Slack Tune Your Guitar 04:59 Tools
Rooftops, Alleyways 06:08 Tools
The Hourglass Waltz 06:00 Tools
Cowboy Hat 07:40 Tools
Backseat 04:03 Tools
Shake Your Party Dress 03:36 Tools
Rock Formations 05:47 Tools
Undertow 04:48 Tools
Workboots 05:20 Tools
Lake Eerie 04:29 Tools
Sin City 04:05 Tools
Desolate Highway 07:02 Tools
My Favorite Rockstars 04:43 Tools
Punk Rock Boy 02:59 Tools
Dear Audrine 03:43 Tools
Your Name in Lights (Oh My, Oh Hell) 02:59 Tools
Dragons 03:19 Tools
(Happy Ending) 03:43 Tools
Long Range Guns 04:40 Tools
Oh, Magdelene! 04:25 Tools
Boating Backwards 07:14 Tools
You're The Blues, John 32511 04:25 Tools
Do Right Woman 03:13 Tools
Marlene 03:09 Tools
Laper Way 03:09 Tools
Marlene F 03:09 Tools
Gun in Your Hand 04:36 Tools
Happy Ending 00:55 Tools
You're the Blues F 00:55 Tools
Unsavory Dealings 05:22 Tools
My Favourite Rockstars 05:22 Tools
Your Name In Lights(Oh My, Oh Hell) 03:40 Tools
Lake Eerire 03:40 Tools
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Boca Chica plays a brand of music that shifts between lush, string-laden indie folk, quirky and wistful alt-alt country jams, and the occasional beery retro-country romp. Boiled down to its core, Boca Chica is singer/songwriter Hallie Pritts. Pritts' loping, occasionally surreal songs are best compared to other genre-bending artists such Sufjan Stevens, Iron & Wine, and Bright Eyes. Voted one of the city's best bands by the 2006 Pittsburgh City Paper poll, Boca Chica, which, incidentally, means "small mouth", has been garnering praises far and wide since they got their start in 2004. Their debut EP, done in a fiercely DIY style, attracted attention across the spectrum, with NPR featuring them on their Open Mic podcast and media outlets from LA to South Carolina dedicating words or air time to the disc. Boca Chica has also been afforded the opportunity to open for such scene-makers as Mason Jennings, Jolie Holland, The Avett Brothers, and Jennifer O'Connor. "Transform into Beasts", Boca Chica's first full-length effort, employs lush strings (Megan Williams), layered accordion riffs (David Bernabo), and tasty electric guitar (Greg Dutton) with Matt Miller (percussion) and Susanna Meyer (upright bass) providing a solid, thoughtful rhythm section. A signature of their style, Meyer and Dutton also add vocal harmony to many tracks, most notably in the Belle and Sebastian-esque "Paper Way", and the dark yet comforting, "Big Calm". In the haunting, bowed bass and accordion-heavy Blackberries and the poignant gypsy jam of Rooftops, Alleyways, TIB is clearly influenced by sound engineer David Bernabo, a man-about-the-scene in avant-garde and experimental music. Yet TIB remains very accessible. Pritts songs leave you with a taste of home. Read more on Last.fm. User-contributed text is available under the Creative Commons By-SA License; additional terms may apply.