Hello, Blue Roses - The Portrait Is Finished And I Have Failed To Capture Your Beauty

Hello, Blue Roses is the new moniker by Dan Bejar and his girlfriend, Sydney Vermont. Their debut album The Portrait Is Finished And I Have Failed To Capture Your Beauty are set to hit stores on January 22.

''When I listen to the sound of it, I hear European pastoral music butting up against a harsh 80's reality,'' Bejar says. ''The Hello, Blue Roses songs are completely untethered to any of the bullshit streams coursing through the scene right now. That's just how Syd writes them; it's not her fault. They're completely melodious, but still so strange. It's a product of not really caring what people think, but still caring a lot about people.''

''Dan supports every strange idea I have ever had,'' says Vermont, ''and then we craft it into something to our liking. We hear different things in the songs and try to bring both visions into it, which involves a lot of trust and generosity, because we are very different. It makes for an overall eclectic sound, which still has its own organic logic.''

Bejar also appears in numerous bands including The New Pornographers, Swan Lake and Destroyer. His girlfriend is an artist based in Vancouver.

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