"we are younger than the clouds"
“Clouds” from Brazil’s Echo Upstairs transports you to a dreamy realm with hazy ethereal sonic waves. The phantasmic video directed by Elisa Moreno Oieno sets the scene with cloudy, overexposed and layered imagery well fit for the track. In the world of shoe gaze/dream pop/post punk styles, there tends to be an overlap without much that’s dissimilar to the rest. Echo Upstairs stand out with their poetic songwriting, mystic melodies and dynamic instrumentation. Pioneers of the sound A.R. Kane would love this band, and a show with them together would be brilliant. The band formed with likeminded musicians who had performed with previous acts, something of a cosmic fate seems to have brought them together to become Echo Upstairs. As the pandemic halts gigs and releases, we hope to hear a lot more from them soon. Tune in and drop out with “Clouds,” out now via the rad independent Rio label Midsummer Madness.
-Alyssa Holland
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Formed in 2018 in São Paulo (Brazil) Echo Upstairs is Ana Zumpano on guitar and vocals, Bigu Medina on bass and vocals, Gilbert Spaceh on guitar and Mauro Terra on drums.
All members come from important Brazilian indie and shoegaze bands. Gilbert previously played in Early Morning Sky, Ana Zumpano drummed for Lava Divers, Bigu plays in a lot of bands, the most known is Oruã, and Mauro still plays in Early Morning Sky.
Their first single was released in July 2020, in the middle of the lockdown in São Paulo, one of the cities most affected by Covid-19 in Brazil. Before the pandemic, they had everything set for the recording of an EP but the lockdown interrupted the plans.
Ana, a former drummer at Lava Divers, was invited in 2018 to substitute Mauro playing drums in an one-off Early Morning Sky concert. Ana was invited by Gilbert Spaceh, at that time still an EMS guitarist. During rehearsals for the gig, Ana suggested that Early Morning Sky should play the song “Forbidden” by Lava Divers, written by her for guitar.
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Formed in 2018 in São Paulo (Brazil) Echo Upstairs is Ana Zumpano on guitar and vocals, Bigu Medina on bass and vocals, Gilbert Spaceh on guitar and Mauro Terra on drums.
All members come from important Brazilian indie and shoegaze bands. Gilbert previously played in Early Morning Sky, Ana Zumpano drummed for Lava Divers, Bigu plays in a lot of bands, the most known is Oruã, and Mauro still plays in Early Morning Sky.
Their first single was released in July 2020, in the middle of the lockdown in São Paulo, one of the cities most affected by Covid-19 in Brazil. Before the pandemic, they had everything set for the recording of an EP but the lockdown interrupted the plans.
Ana, a former drummer at Lava Divers, was invited in 2018 to substitute Mauro playing drums in an one-off Early Morning Sky concert. Ana was invited by Gilbert Spaceh, at that time still an EMS guitarist. During rehearsals for the gig, Ana suggested that Early Morning Sky should play the song “Forbidden” by Lava Divers, written by her for guitar.
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