AM & Shawn Lee - Somebody Like You

I really love the new album by AM & Shawn Lee.  Called Celestial Electric, this track, Somebody Like You http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EDMsWHyOors, was the first one I heard from it and I was immediately hooked.  I love the production, the drum licks, the guitar, keyboard, vocals, EVERYTHING!  I also love this little video which shows them putting this track together... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YCFSxmIf1As
In fact the only thing I'm not sure about is AM's moustache but hey, that's a small gripe.

Guitarist and songwriter AM was born in Tulsa and was raised in New Orleans.  Shawn Lee is a musician and multi-instrumentalist who is originally from Witchita, Kansas, but who now resides in London.   Both have created a name for themselves individually over recent years (AM supporting Air and Charlotte Gainsbourgh and Shawn Lee playing in various bands, most notably Shawn Lee's Ping Pong Orchestra) and and have been popular across Europe, especially France.  And it was their shared love of French and Italian film music that drew them to each other.  They finally got together last year and created this wonderful album full of of funky 70s retro grooves with a smattering of psychedelia.

AM has admitted to loving old 70s records and in homage to them has listed all the playing credits on the album in detail.  He recalls reading the back of a Rush album and seeing "Geddy Lee - Taurus Pedals" and thinking what are Taurus Pedals?  Some magic instrument from another land?  He wanted to create that same feeling in their own listeners.

Despite the nod to 60s and 70s sound however (and there is even a cover of The Ozark Mountain Daredevil's Jackie Blue on the album),   Celestial Electric is an album that could only have been made now.   It's the perfect throwback, chill out album to enjoy whatever your mood (or era).