Chanel Beads creates music about the moments of pure understanding we get during daily distractions. When waiting at the crosswalk or burning your tongue on coffee, you realize a larger truth about yourself. The music is an intimate balance between minimalist avant-pop and jazz inflected post-punk. Performed solo by Shane Lavers or with a tight and empathetic backing band in a multitude of settings from DIY-not DIY
Zut Alors is a dated french expression for aw shucks/darn/geez. As an EP It explores how grief reshapes and morphs as each year passes, becoming increasingly mundane yet ubiquitous. It utilizes orchestral and experimental arrangements moving from minimal psych to sampled and collaged environmental pieces.