Debut self-titled album recorded at Rare Signals drops May 8

We recently had the amazing opportunity to check out the new single, “Bending Reeds” via L’Appel Du Vide Des Disques, from Connecticut underground indie and art-rock band , The Pretty Graves. You can listen to mesmerizing “Bending Reeds” Here

The Pretty Graves , have the kind of sound that someday could make them indie art rock , legends. From the moment we heard the first otherworldly chord of “Bending Reeds “, we were absolutely smitten.

“Bending Reeds,” with its haunting sound, magnetic lyrical pull, and hypnotic swirl of streetwalkin’ swagger that twists and aches with indie rock grit, is the opening track and lead single to The Pretty Graves’ forthcoming debut album, a pure and throwback rock and roll record arriving just when we need it most, on May 8. 

“Bending Reeds”, stems from a place along Connecticut’s southern coast overlooking Long Island Sound that has become a refuge for The Pretty Graves. It’s where the streets and marshes meet, a beautiful rise above the North Cove, drawing residents and passersby to pause and find beauty, tranquility, and peace. It used to be the town’s landfill.

By the time the debut record hits, summoning the sonic ghosts of great American bands that came before, like The Velvet Underground, Pavement, Wilco, and Elliott Smith, that spot in the Lower River Valley will be bustling with springtime activity. 

But it will remain The Pretty Graves’ own playground, appreciating the beauty and peace it brings, but knowing what once was was far dirtier and darker than what exists now in plain sight.    

“That walk is an everyday thing for me,” says Pretty Graves’ frontman Christopher M. Listorti. “This song is about this place where I find peace, even when it seems like the world is crashing down all around me. I saw a finch perched on a bending reed in the marsh. It made me notice that all the reeds were bending from the past windy days. The song is a still life; the lyrics paint the picture.” 

Bending in the storm of life but failing to break can define Listorti and the rest of the band, with the songwriter, vocalist, guitarist, and synth/keys player rounded out in The Pretty Graves by Hollis Dunlap on lead guitar and back-up vocals; Glen Metcalfe on drums and percussion; and Mike Pace on bass and Moog. 

We are absolutely ready for what ever The Pretty Graves, have to offer… We have a feeling it’s going to be pretty freaking epic.