La Sera

Add Date: February 15 

Artist: La Sera 

Album: La Sera 

Label: Hardly Art 

Genre: Rock, dream pop 

Comments: La Sera is the new project of Katy Goodman, a.k.a. Vivian Girls bassist Kickball Katy. From the onesheet: "In February 2010 Goodman started working on some fresh material that inspired the formation of her brand-new band, La Sera. Her inspiration sprang from an attraction to early pop hits from the 1950s and ethereal choral vocals. Her new songs contain warm celestial-pop melodies that echo with the dreamlike effect of a church choir and effuse a softer, less aggressive sound than the Vivian Girls."

An excellent debut of dreamy tunes. La Sera does share one key component of Vivian Girls' music: the concise pop song. (La Sera's 12 tracks clock in at a brief 27 minutes.) Check out "Never Come Around," "Hold" and "Sleeptalking."