Pitchfork

Like the hydra's heads and Mickey Mouse's deviant brooms, the celestial, cinematic post-rock stylings of curiously-named New York trio On!Air!Library! never die-- they just multiply. Although the band closed up shop in early 2005, its ex-members have quickly set to work crafting more dreamy music in various outfits: singer/guitarist Alley Deheza teamed with Secret Machine Benjamin Curtis to form School of Seven Bells; Alley's sister Claudia journeyed with Guillermo Scott "Prefuse 73" Herren to A Cloud Mireya; and Phillip Wann-- with pal Jay Giampietro and, initially, Claudia-- established Daylight's for the Birds.

The C. Deheza/Herren collabo A Cloud Mireya, first of all, has already dropped its debut, Singular, on vinyl. Those averse to the stylus can take heart: the album arrives September 12 in CD format, thanks to Eastern Developments. A press release claims that production values "were ignored" during the recording of Singular-- which collects songs Deheza and Herren put together over the last three years-- and that the tunes "keep their natural state, evoking the moments they were first played." Raw!

"I would go to Guillermo with a song, complete with structure, lyrics, and melodies, and we would figure out the instrumentation from there," Deheza told Pitchfork via e-mail. "He would focus on drums and textures while I hummed out parts to him for the other instruments. The actual playing on the recording I left mostly to him since I knew it would come out better that way."

Guillermo even sang with Deheza on tracks "Illusional" and "Winter Sleep". And get ready for the cute-meter to explode: Singular isn't the couple's only baby. Herren and Deheza recently welcomed bouncing baby boy Alejandro Elias into the world. Singular's opening track is even dedicated to the little guy. Cute-cute-kaboom!

Meanwhile: Come October 31, L.A. imprint This Generation Tapes will release the debut full-length from ex-O!A!L! member Phillip Wann's Daylight's for the Birds, Trouble Everywhere. Kimchee Records co-honcho Andy Hong produced the ten-track set, which features most of Daylight's current incarnation, including Wann, Giampietro, drummer Brad Conroy (ex-Boggs), and new vocalist Amanda Garrett (one-time backing vocalist for Elliott Smith). Expect five new dream-pop acts to emerge when this one calls it quits-- which won't be anytime soon, we hope! Those new tunes sure are lovely.

A Cloud Mireya - Singular:

01 Our Alejandro
02 Those Nights
03 Illusional
04 Wasted Time
05 Another Day
06 Safely in Number One
07 Be Back Next Month
08 These Flowers
09 Winter Sleep
10 Bliss Inseclusion
11 Vacant
12 Mountains in May

Daylight's for the Birds - Trouble Everywhere:

01 To No One
02 Worlds Away
03 Flicker
04 For Now
05 Trouble Everywhere
06 Early Summer
07 Bad Sleep Well
08 Please
09 Try
10 Everybody in the Pool!