Press release of the day: A post-pop Pocahontas

Our friends at Magnum PR sent this promotional photo of Chicago’s Via Tania. It’s about time someone came along to fill the market niche for dour, gothed-out ukulele-strumming sirens in Song of Hiawatha costume. You’d never guess that she got her start in the “vowel-free noise-pop outfit Spdfgh” before going solo with the new album moon pop (apparently now vowels are in, but capital letters are out), featuring a sound the press release describes as ranging from “Tim-Burton-esque” to “campfire balladry” to “scando-disco.”

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Previous Press Releases of the Day: • The edge of Tomato • Nothing scandalous, just some booze and Jenga • Robots fish for prostates • The Rake Angel • Listening to dirt • Reindeer games at the Red Stag • Does St. Paul owe the Pope $3.4 million? • Tonic Sol-fa visit the Don Shelby Radio Show • Rybak proclaims Tonic Sol-fa Day in Minneapolis • Ruddy ducks, Autoharp warriors, boozing ladies, YogaSoul, Quincy Jones, and the hateful warmongers who are Tonic Sol-fa

Published on 1/21/09.