Pia & Tora

 

Deliciously dark and sweetly twisted, like the siren calls of a murderess, Pia & Tora make a seductive and haunting sound. Part lost Dusty Springfield demo and part cinema soundtrack, it's an intriguing mix and one that, like a lovers last text, is curiously addictive.

Pia Mythen Eriksen & Tora Söderström Gaden (Norweigian if you were wondering) became Pia & Tora in 2006, getting together for a local music competition. Their partnership quickly crystalised and after a stint of writing new material, with a few covers thrown in, they decamped to the Vinterland Studio to record early this year.

Carousel is like a Twin Peaks version of Leader of the Pack, beautifuly mornful but strangely sinister. It sounds more like an alibi than an ode. Similarly, Jealously gently spits the line " do you remember how her skin felt beneath your hands?" before stabbing pianos dance off into cabaret drama.

It's early days yet for Pia & Tora, no deal yet and only a handful of Myspace plays, but sometimes you just know that won't be the story for long.

More Pia & Tora at www.myspace.com/piaogpora

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