Belaire: When Synth-Pop Covers Rap
B E L A I R E
I am not too sure when I first heard of Belaire. It could have been October 6, 2005, but then again it could have been sometime else. But I first heard them in December 2005, or sometime around then. Anyway, all I know is the first song of theirs I ever heard was “Through the Wire”… A cover of a Kanye West song. I liked it. It was dancable. It was different. It had a female vocalist that I could stand.
So, the next time I was in Austin (this was back when I lived in good ol’ San Antone) I went to Waterloo Records to purchase Belaire’s self-titled EP. Okay, so it wasn’t all rap covers… But I still liked it. It made me happy, because not only was the music good it was hand-made: The cover was painted by hand, which automatically gave it +5 Special points. Soon after, my friend Lily told me that Belaire had broken up. I didn’t want to believe her, and their Myspace page didn’t say anything about it, so I pretended that she had never told me this.
And it’s a good thing I did, because today Blaire releases their first LP, Exploding, Impacting. I will be going to the CD release show tonight at Emo’s. It will be a treat because I have never seen Belaire live.
mp3s:
Belaire - ”Through the Wire”
Belaire – “Back into the Wall”
sites:
Belaire! Now dance, fools.
Belaire’s Myspace Page
