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Frankenstein Video
Radio Contact
Justin Gressley, justin@aaminc.com
212.924.3005
7 West 22nd Street
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New York, NY 10010
Frankenstein debuts on National Television (in Canada) on
The video has also garnered a lot of interest in the US from (among others):
+Release Date: September 30, 2008
+Label: Sargent Records / Redeye Distribution
+Catalogue #: SRCD1001 (CD digipack)
SRLP1001 (180g ltd. vinyl)
+Music video for Frankenstein below
+Videos for Story and I’m Losing You in production
+Early radio support from KCRW, Indie 103.1, KROQ, MPR (Minneapolis), KEXP, XM, SomaFM
+Early press support from Flavorpill, Filter, Stereogum, PopDose, LA.com, Head Exploder, LA Underground
Spin: “a slacker indie-pop work drenched in downcast shimmer, dreamy neo-folk, bits of funk, and off-kilter vocal scratches. It essentially sounds like a heartbroken, Mellow Gold-era Beck armed with an acoustic six-string and a bottle of Xanax, sharing his intimacies with Elliott Smith.”
Blender: “Gus Seyffert has worked out a sleek, retro-fitted style you could call spy rock. Recording under the alias Willoughby, he performs songs steeped in the sort of secrets shared over the pillow. This is candlelit music, low-key and laced with tremolo, delivered with a conversational intimacy.”
Flavorpill: “Willoughby is a quiet band — but "quiet" as in the old saw about watching out for the quiet ones. Their tintinnabulating melodies have both a Brit-pop, downtempo optimism and an intriguing speakeasy manner, tempered with the dusty funkiness of a saloon band. Onstage, their winsome live presence — crafted from dreamy, salty balladeering, starry percussion, and gently swaying rhythm guitar — will spirit you away.”
Passionista Blog: “If you like really mellow, but beautiful and funky music, then chances are good that you'll eat this album up. This group is just a special kind of cool. My favorite songs from the album are "Frankenstein", "Intentions", "Losing You", and "Story." Really, every song is good, and this is the kind of music I love to listen to as I do dishes and laundry and well...actually...I'll listen to this when I am doing just about anything.”
LA.com: "dreamily offbeat and leisurely peppy... Willoughby offered us their special brand of neo-folk, vagabond-pop that was every bit as charming as it was mellow. Echoes of The Beatles and whispers of Wilco"
Filter: “Smoky guitars are plucked in a way that meets Chet Baker with Sparklehorse. I absolutely love this record; so will you. 90%”
