Faerber creates extraordinary images with clear influence from the Japanese Hentai world and artists in the likes of Egon Schiele. Faerber images are both disturbing and exciting. Looking at them the viewer might at first withdraw and distance himself, but is bound to end up diving into the wonderful fetishism that goes through Faerber’s Eros series. However, mistake not, Faerber’s work also radiates purity and benevolence through the use of Christian sainthood symbols and classical postures. A work of contradictions, Faerber’s Eros is enchanting and thought provoking.
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Deviant Art gallery
As the London-based members of Noah and the Whale incorporate their catchy Indie-Folk melodies with sunshine pop dipped in melancholic notes, they leave you warm and cosy, smiling and hopeful. The ukuleles, violins, handclaps, the distinct whistling refrain and the sing-along lines of “Five Years Time” strike at first as naive and whimsical. Yet the overall optimistic sound, the lighthearted folk and cheerful tunes of Noah and the Whale carry sadder hints, dreamy and wistful feelings.
Built around piano, acoustic guitars, occasional dramatic strings and breathy vocals, Essie Jain’s debut album We Made This Ourselves (2007) ranges from the warm and intimate to the whispery and dark. Essie’s slow paced songs, delicate harmonies and haunting lyrics bring to mind old fashioned folk ballads and Vashti Bunyan’s sense of fragility. While the arrangements of her songs are minimal, Essie’s songwriting captivates, touches and moves.
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