My music discovery of the day. Robin Proper-Sheppard's Sophia. Proper-Sheppard used to be the head of God Machine, a short-lived goth/heavy metal band coming from San Diego which moved to London. After just having finished their second album their bassist Jimmy Fernandez died of a brain tumor. Subsequently Proper-Sheppard started Sophia which was a musical U-turn if there ever was one. From rough hardcore to mellow sadcore. On their new album People Are Like Seasons they sound like American Music Club without Mark Eitzel's crooning baths in self-pity. The more experimental and rockier songs make me think of Sparklehorse, especially the distorted voice bits. This is a gorgeous melodic wistful songwriter album which has just jumped on top of my wishlist.

Ninety second snippets of all ten tracks of the cd can be streamed on Sophia's homepage. Four full songs in real audio are over here at the Euroranch. They will be in Frankfurt at the Mousonturm on March, 23rd. I hope I will make it there.

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