Au Revoir Simone

Au Revoir Simone is a Brooklyn indie pop band which features three friends who met on a bus ride to New York.  The girls, Heather D'Angelo, vocals/drum machine/keyboard; Erika Foster, (vocals/keyboard; and Annie Hart, vocals/keyboard, became fast friends and began writing songs together. The band was formed in 2003, and the name Au Revoir Simone comes from a minor hcaracter in the Tim Burton comedy Pee-Wee's Big Adventure. Their first album, Verses of Comfort, was released in 2006; and their second, Bird of Music, came a year later. Their third, most acclaimed album thus far: Still Night, Still Light, boosted the trio'd profile immensly. Deciding to regroup, they took a break, but returned in 2013 with their fourth album, Move in Spectrums. 

I cannot say enough about this band. I had the miracluous opportunity to see them live in concert this past summer. To top it off, it was a live show in the gardens of Villa Aperta in Rome, Italy. In case you are unfamiliar with the place, Villa Aperta is this beautiful, massive white marble palace placed on top of a hill, and when you are in the gardens at night, you have an overview of the entirety of Roma, and it is absolutely breathtaking. Now add in great music, and you have where I hope where I will appear when I die and go to heaven. The show was fantastic. 300 people, max. I was in one of the closet rows to the stage. They had three keyboards, one for each girl, and they sang and grooved in place while furiously banging on keys. A dream come true. 

Afterwards, I got the chance to meet the ringleader, Erika. I was super, super nervous. And she came over and we had a fifteen minute conversation, like we were old friends. We talked about everything from hair to what I was doing in Rome (I live there during the summer), to hometowns, and colleges. She even complimented me on my earrings, claiming "You're only fourteen? You're so mature for your age! So pretty!" Just like that. She was one of the coolest, down-to-earth people I have met in my life. It was an expirience I will never, ever forget. Check out this group, please. 

Website: http://www.aurevoirsimone.com

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