Eudaemonia

 

Eudaemonia is the title of the new album by New York group Birds Of Pandæmonium . The word Eudaemonia comes from Greek, translating as 'living well' or flourishing by living a good and moral life. The band are a duo who met in Brooklyn's club scene and have brought a love of folk, disco, Balearica, jazz and electronics together in an eight track debut out now on Manchester's Sprechen label. I've alreayd written about the first single, a cover of New Wave group New Musik's On Islands, a joyous slice trippy Balearica and their cover of NY loft classic Could Heaven Ever Be Like This, the Birds Of Pandæmonium pair bringing synths, acoustic guitars, FX and drums into a nine minute epic (with Hifi Sean remixes to boot). 

The album goes further. It's not all covers but there are plenty, all reworked into the Birds Of Pandæmonium soundworld. You may not know that you were missing a cosmic disco version of Underworld's Born Slippy from your life but you do now. Blue Jeans is slo mo Yacht Rock version of Lana del Rey's song, a cruise down by the marina looking at the boys and girls as the sun goes down. The last two songs on the album have been occupying a lot of my time. The first is the shortest on the album, a cover of Latin Quarter's 1985 song Voices Inside, a stripped down but musically rich torch song, orchestral with what sounds like a blissfully happy Lou Reed on vocals. Eudaemonia ends with I Want To Believe, a self penned Birds Of Pandæmonium song which, well, just listen to it and improve you journey to work, day and life for the next seven minutes....

Massive blissed out, end of the night, lights down, pulsebeat euphoria, psychedelic dreampop, spirit of Screamadelica vibes, a real come over here and give me a hug and maybe this moment could last forever kind of song. 

Eudaemonia is out now on vinyl and digitally. Get it here.