Owen Pallett
melophobe saw Owen Pallett twice between October 2010 and March 2011, in Los Angeles and Austin.
- 2 concert reviews with 20 photos of the band
- 1 fifty-word review of Heartland
- 1 news post
Every show, in order
March 18, 2011
Flamingo Cantina, SXSW 2011, Austin, TX
Words by John Beardsley, photos by Chris Barth
Fifty-word review
Buy It
Heartland is unique, offbeat. It sounds every bit like the soundtrack to a musical. Only, there is no musical. What you do get are pop songs in a concept album: a dense mélange of strings, electronics, woodwinds, bass and brass, with Pallett singing pertly overtop. Wonderful, aesthetic, story-like… faintly precious.
In the news
Your chance to hear Owen ("Final Fantasy") Pallett's new record, 'Heartland' (streaming)
January 13, 2010, by Colin McLaughlin