Interview || Summer Of Love With Ennui

<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"> <div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"> <div style="text-align: -webkit-auto;"> <h2 style="text-align: center;"> <span style="color: #f1c232;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: inherit;"><span style="vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span class="il" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;">Speaking Telepathic Beat With </span></span></span><span style="background-color: white; white-space: pre-wrap;">Jim Doutrich Of Ennui</span></span></h2> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="background-color: white; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br></span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="background-color: white; font-family: inherit;"><span style="vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span class="il" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;">Ennui</span> is the brainchild of renowned Pittsburgh-based musician and producer Jim Doutrich, and has been around in various incarnations since 2004. </span></span><br> <span style="background-color: white; font-family: inherit;"><span style="vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br></span></span> <br> <div style="display: inline;"> <div dir="ltr" style="display: inline; line-height: 1.15; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"> <span style="background-color: white; font-family: inherit;"><span style="vertical-align: baseline;">The songs that comprise <i>Telepathic Beat </i>stand out in style and substance, as roller-beats immersed in a bath of shimmering neo-shoegaze, creating a widescreen backdrop to act as home for brain-embedding melodies and subtly haunting lyrics.</span></span></div> </div> </div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <div style="display: inline;"> <span style="background-color: white; font-family: inherit;"></span><br> <span style="background-color: white; font-family: inherit;"> </span></div> </div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <div style="display: inline;"> <span style="background-color: white; font-family: inherit;"></span><br> <div dir="ltr" style="display: inline; line-height: 1.15; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"> <span style="background-color: white; font-family: inherit;"><span style="vertical-align: baseline;">With its sun-drenched feel, the album plays as the soundtrack to a summer spent balancing a narcotic life in clubs, with the possibilities that await when you skip work and head to the beach. It'</span><span style="vertical-align: baseline;">s destined to be the album to reach for when you don't want to admit that summer is over. </span></span></div> <span style="background-color: white; font-family: inherit;"> </span></div> </div> </div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="background-color: white; font-family: inherit;"><br></span></div> <div style="text-align: -webkit-auto;"> <div> <div dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.15; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: justify;"> <span style="background-color: white; font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-style: italic; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Telepathic Beat</span><span style="vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> is <span class="il" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;">Ennui</span>'s debut for Mush Records and is nothing short of a rebirth for the band, with mastermind Jim Doutrich honing his infectious brand of synth-pop. </span><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="vertical-align: baseline;">The playfully yearning vocals, syncopated synth patterns, and distorted Euro-dance grooves bring to mind both '80s new wave pop, and the youthful nostalgia of recent releases by glo-fi re-originators. </span></span></span></div> </div> </div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"> <span style="background-color: white; font-family: inherit;"><br></span></div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"> <span style="background-color: white; color: black; font-family: inherit; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg7TpaJDOVH2vbuStEBDh5Qc3XiKDT6mqfasx17jPHrTx7jlDAi5he12O2UzFfXm6lR5UTqpfUOCdJf7TFnXf3joXOPSNyRRenmDWK4USCP9E1VhnHhx99cMRrfmXD4IQLd8kpyFVjrP-Hw/s1600/PeterPawlowski_JimDoutrich+high+res.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="Speaking Telepathic Beat With Jim Doutrich Of Ennui" border="0" height="520" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg7TpaJDOVH2vbuStEBDh5Qc3XiKDT6mqfasx17jPHrTx7jlDAi5he12O2UzFfXm6lR5UTqpfUOCdJf7TFnXf3joXOPSNyRRenmDWK4USCP9E1VhnHhx99cMRrfmXD4IQLd8kpyFVjrP-Hw/s1600/PeterPawlowski_JimDoutrich+high+res.jpg" title="ennui" width="640"></a></span></div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"> <span style="background-color: white; font-family: inherit;"><br></span></div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"> <span style="background-color: white; font-family: inherit;"><br></span></div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"> <span style="background-color: white; font-family: inherit;"><b><span style="color: #f1c232;">How are you doing and how has your summer been treating you?</span></b></span></div> <div> <div dir="ltr"> <span style="background-color: white; font-family: inherit; text-align: justify;"><br></span></div> <div dir="ltr"> <span style="background-color: white; font-family: inherit; text-align: justify;">Pretty good. I wish it was longer</span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: inherit; text-align: justify;">.</span></div> <div dir="ltr"> <span style="background-color: white; font-family: inherit; text-align: justify;"><br></span></div> <div dir="ltr"> <span style="background-color: white; font-family: inherit; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #f1c232;">We are from South Africa and we ask every one of our guests this, what’s the first thing that comes to mind when you hear South Africa? </span></b></span></div> <div dir="ltr"> <span style="background-color: white; font-family: inherit; text-align: justify;"><br></span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: inherit; text-align: justify;">I just watched Shark Week so probably great white sharks</span><br> </div></div></div></div>

Interview || Summer Of Love With Ennui

Speaking Telepathic Beat With Jim Doutrich Of Ennui Ennui is the brainchild of renowned Pittsburgh-based musician and producer Jim ...