Thao And The Get Down Stay Down: We Brave Bee Stings and All

Thao And The Get Down Stay Down have released a new album We Brave Bee Stings And All. With breezy guitar riffs and occasional banjo this Indie folk band is in the same line of performers as M. Ward, but with a female lead vocalist. Lead singer Thao Nguyen was raised in Falls Church, Virginia by her mother and met her band members throughout high school and College. Thao And The Get Down Stay Down have made a total of three albums together, Like the Linen (2005), Day Trotter Sessions (2006) and their newest We Brave Bee Stings And All (2008). If you are in a Feist type mood and have overplayed her albums then Thao And The Get Down Stay Down will satiate your indie folk needs. Similar contemporaries of the band are Metric, Feist, Nouvelle Vague, Lilly Allen and other artists that fall under the category of light acoustic song styling accompanied by wistful vocals. Songs that may grab your attention while listening to We Brave Bee Stings and All, Swimming Pools, Fear and Convenience, Violet.