A new video Dan did with Le Cargo while in Paris. This time it’s Nothing Shines, a song that the band has made available for free here. It would have been overlooked that day had it not been for the insistence of their friend, Fanny. 

Dan from Duchess Leo was visiting Paris in October and did a few videos with Le Cargo. He’s joined here for With Love by the enchanted choir of Maylis, Marielle and Fanny. Duchess Leo are currently recording and will be releasing new material in 2012.

C’est magnifique!

Available for the next few days is GOLDEN GRAY: THE DELUXE EDITION on Groopease.com for the low price of $4. Groopease offers music by independent artists at deeply discounted rates for limited amounts of time. They offer a free track for download, (“Your Sweet Love” in Duchess Leo’s case) band videos, reviews, editorials and other great stuff as a fun and inexpensive way of discovering great new artists. And the best part, a portion of every sale goes to charity. 

The Deluxe Edition of Golden Gray features the original album, These For Those: Volume 1 and These For Those: Volume 2. A total of 20 tracks available for the price of $4. Click here to be awesome. 

Duchess Leo’s These For Those: Volume 2 will be available for free download this Tuesday, December 6th! It will feature five new songs including an in-studio version of Bloom from the band’s recently released record “Golden Gray”. The band had this to say about the project: 

These For Those is a collection of songs recorded between the release of our first EP and Golden Gray. Presented here are the tunes we discovered our sound with, in many cases by discovering what our sound wasn’t. Each has a long history. Stylistically, these songs will likely not be repeated soon. Some of them predate the band. They were recorded using SM57s, iPhones and whatever else was available. They are time capsules. They are old home videos. They are first songs. They are free now.

Duchess Leo and Whale Heart proudly present These For Those: Volume 1, the first of a free two-EP set. 

These For Those is a collection of songs recorded between the release of our first EP and Golden Gray. Presented here are the tunes we discovered our sound with, in many cases by discovering what our sound wasn’t. Each has a long history. Stylistically, these songs will likely not be repeated soon. The writing of both “Places To Go” and “Layover, Miami” predate the inception of the band. They were recorded using SM57s, iPhones and whatever else was available. They are time capsules. They are old home videos. They are first songs. They are free now.

-Duchess Leo

NEW DUCHESS LEO TRACK

CLICK HERE TO DOWNLOAD THE TRACKS OF MY TEARS

Duchess Leo and Whale Heart proudly present The Tracks of My Tears. Available for free download, Tracks of My Tears was recorded in 2009 in Todd’s apartment and is one of our earliest sounds. It was originally intended for inclusion on an EP, but that EP eventually became our full length…

Duchess Leo is playing Bruar Falls Saturday, April 9th with Andy & Zeus and Easy Lover. After the cops shut down the last show due to excessive awesomeness, the band are especially pumped. Set times: 

• 8: Erika Spring (of Au Revoir Simone)
• 9: Andy & Zeus
• 10: Easy Lover
• 11: Duchess Leo

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Duchess Leo:

Andy & Zeus asked if we would remix their tune, MCMLXXXI Choir. We said “Duh, of course we would” because it’s beautiful. Then we jacked it up and found a few moments you can tap your foot to. We’re playing a show together at Bruar Falls in April where we’ll be shagging for the spring time and honoring the good old days.  Click below to discover Andy & Zeus!

Duchess Leo are playing Party Xpo in Brooklyn on Friday, March 4th with sonic adventurers and spiritual brothers, Andy & Zeus. This is the first show for the band in over six months, and also the first since the release of their record. Party times, excellent. 

We proudly present Duchess Leo’s first performance video, Bloom. Bloom is the second track on Golden Gray and appears here in live and extended form. The video was directed by the head dude hisself, Daniel Bellury. Golden Gray is out now on Whale Heart Records. Read an interview with the band on the Village Voice blog about the making of the song.

Bloom  is featured on Just Like Honey’s podcast this weekend along with Cut Copy and Bright Eyes. I had the pleasure of talking with Bertie a little bit about when he met Jeff Buckley. We hope to make it to London soon to meet him and play a show. Check out the podcast HERE!

MP3: @Duchess Leo - Your Sweet Love

This track features a Lee Hazelwood sample, making it all the more delightful.

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We proudly present “Golden Gray”, the new album by Duchess Leo. 

Visit the Whale Store to stream or buy the record. 

You can read some early impressions of it here and here, 

or visit the band’s blog to trace back it’s recording and get to know them. 

My Old Kentucky Blog graciously premieres Your Sweet Love, the first track on Golden Gray !