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Scene Showcase: Quarter Acre Lifestyle
Written by Rob van Alstyne
Thursday, March 20, 2008 at 10:21 PM
Quarter Acre Lifestyle
If you detect a bit of international flavor when listening to Blood On the Lawn, the soon to be released sophomore album from “Twin Cities” band Quarter Acre Lifestyle you’re not mistaken. The sibling tandem of Cameron and Aaron Pollock who founded the group actually hail from Auckland, New Zealand, in fact, Cameron still lives there, and their guitar player, Tony Masterantonios, is a fellow New Zealander turned American who actually lives in Las Vegas (certainly not the easiest arrangement for regular band practices). Led by the laidback yet lissome vocals of vocalist Kristin Brown, the group’s sound falls somewhere between varying touchstones of late ’90s trip hop (Massive Attack, Morcheeba) and edgier agro fare (Nine Inch Nails). Lightly industrial pop with understated electronic elements is far from the rage these days and Quarter Acre Lifestyle do it well, adding yet another wrinkle into the wide array of genres available to local music connoisseurs.
COMING UP: Quarter Acre Lifestyle play the CD relese show for Blood On the Lawn on Friday, March 21, at the Nomad Pub . With opening acts Glorious Monster (previously featured on Reveille) and Skittish. 9 p.m. $5. 21+.
