Miniature Soap

September 24, 2011

We met up with Kelli and the gang at Raymond’s house on a Saturday morning. Kelli had recently finished working on her latest album (which she did with Raymond, Franck, Jordan, and a few other fine folks over at the Rancho Park studio-extraordinaire, Red Rockets Glare). We’d been talking about doing a session for a while, but she was leaning towards doing something with a bit more of a full band in line with the recordings, so arranging schedules etc made things complicated (versus previous Miniature Soap live incarnations which would tend to be just Kelli and an ukelele or acoustic guitar). Turns out getting together was the hardest part, since once we were all in the same room they breezed right through these three songs (one was said solo acoustic). It was also made especially easy for myself, since Raymond was doing the recording / mixing.

Although musically tending more towards straightforward indie pop, there’s something a bit reminiscent of Annie Clark under Kelli’s vocal delivery and endearingly charming poetry, which at any moment may shift from sincere to sarcastic, hopeful to dark and even a bit disturbing. She’s a gifted storyteller; the words are always center stage as they deftly weave between immediately hummable and catchy refrains.

Check out Miniature Soap’s latest album (released in three miniature segments), at miniaturesoap.bandcamp.com

Camera: Dave Smallen & Elliot Glass
Recorded & Mixed by Raymond Richards.
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