Introducing: Tasseomancy

Published on December 4, 2011 by Henrique   ·   No Comments

Tasseomancy are a Canadian indie folk band from Toronto, composed of the twin sisters Romy and Sari Lightman (who also play in Austra’s touring band). They were formerly called Ghost Bees, but decided to change their name because they felt they had ‘outgrown’ it. Still as Ghost Bees, they released Tasseomancy EP in 2008; then finally changed their name to Tasseomancy in 2010.

ULALUME, their first album, was released in August. The name was given after Edgar Allan Poe’s poem Ulalume, which is about the loss of a beautiful woman who died in a grey October. The twins’ soft voices soften the album’s dark and haunted atmosphere. The string instruments and the percussion are present in nearly every song on the record; at times the voices seem to be purpose and beautifully out of sync with the melodies, and it doesn’t compromise on the record’s quality at all.

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Tasseomancy – Healthy Hands (Will Mourn You)

Tags: canadian, dark folk, Edgar Allan Poe, Folk, ghost bees, gothic folk, Indie, Romy Lightman, Sari Lightman, tasseomancy, ulalume