Saharan Gazelle Boy
Saharan Gazelle Boy, a.k.a. multi-instrumentalist Darin Seal, wants to know if it’s still lame to write songs about girls. At 24, he doesn’t even know if he should call women his age “girls” anymore. It seemed more appropriate when he was 17 and recording his first album, an awful CD-R he handed out during yearbook signing day. Seven years and as many albums later, Airplanes Can’t is his latest project, and it’s bedroom pop at its best. Recorded between the release of his band Capybara’s debut album Try Brother and their 2009 national tour, Airplanes Can’t is at times a spacious record for a lazy summer spent underwater, and at other times a lofty dedication to fleeting but all-consuming love.
Press:
Everything about this song feels like it could have been recorded in 1981 – whilst hanging out with Morrissey and Ian McCulloch, smoking cigarettes and being morosely fabulous. – Yvynyl
Strong numbers, such as “Something I Wanna Know About You,” are catchy tunes packed with shimmering sonic embroidery — the stuff of breakout singles – The Pitch
Buy the album, and drive yourself out to a lake. Lay back, insert ear phones, relax. – Popwreckoning
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