Photos: Smile! It's Herman Dune
Download “1 2 3 Apple Tree” | Herman Dune just wants to tell you pretty little stories, so it’s no surprise that singer David-Ivar Herman Dune often races himself, half-speaking, half-singing in an adorable accent; making the substitution of “said” or “thought” with the word “like” (as in, “I’m like, the sooner the better”) and other colloquial uses an absolute treat. The charm probably comes from a feeling that even though David refers to himself in the third person while quoting someone else talking to him in a song, the perspective of the storyteller/observer seems to be the reverse of Alice in Wonderland. He has broadened his view of the big beautiful world found in small marvels of stories to such an extent that he himself shrinks, and we don’t mind at all.
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Two of the three (that we know of) Herman Dunes were present at their Central Park’s Summer Stage show on Sunday, the second being Neman on drums, cooly poised behind a pair of shades. The familiar Pratts—Kelly and Tracy—who are often seen trumpeting with members of Beirut and Arcade Fire, fulfilled horn duties with some background singing. The band plays Union Pool tonight. Head over to their myspace to listen to “Song of Samuel”.
Central Park’s Summer Stage
June 22, 2008
All pictures by me, except: #9 by Kashish and #10, #11 by Courtney K.
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