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The Ghost Of A Saber Tooth Tiger is a band formed in 2008 by Sean Lennon and Kemp Muhl.
History
The Ghost Of A Saber Tooth Tiger or "The GOASTT" was formed in 2008 by musician Sean Lennon and his girlfriend, musician/model Charlotte Kemp Muhl. The name of the band is from a play written by Muhl at the age of 7.[1]
Kemp and Lennon met in 2004 at the Coachella Music Festival. In an interview with the UK publication The Daily Telegraph Lennon commented on their relationship:
"Charlotte hadn’t even heard Strawberry Fields Forever when I met her,’ Lennon says. 'And she knew nothing about my mum. Her parents thought I was just a delinquent, by virtue of association with the famous hippie delinquents. So it was nice because it was like a bridging of gaps and a collision of galaxies."
Both Lennon and Muhl are multi-instrumentalists. Among the instruments the band uses, are the guitar, drums, and also the Bayan (accordion).
Muhl, also a successful model[2], has been featured in Maybelline campaigns, as well as Jennifer Lopez's clothing brand J Lo,[3] She commented in a recent interview that she uses funds from her modeling work to fund her musical endevors.[4]
In the Media
The GOASTT has received coverage in a wide variety of publications, and on line mediums; exploring the nature of their music, relationship, and how the band connects to Lennon's musical heritage.
- Vanity Fair: The GOASTT appears in a two page spread in the November 2010 issue, where they are photographed by French famed photographer Patrick Demarchelier[5]. In this article Lennon describes the musical relationship with Kemp, as having parallels to the relationship between his father John Lennon and writing partner Paul Mccartney and says his writing relationship with Kemp is like "intellectual tennis"
- Italian Vogue: A Reveiwer describes their sound as "soft and dreamy and evokes 60s French Pop and Folk Pops' Bohemian Gypsie atmospere."[6]
- Purple (magazine): For the Fall 2010 issue, Lennon and Kemp have recreated the iconic picture of John Lennon and Yoko Ono; taken by famous Photographer Annie Leibowitz for the cover of Rolling Stone in 1981.[7] The picture of Kemp and Lennon was taken by Photographer Terry Richardson
- Rolling Stone Magazine: In the November 25, 2010 edition, Lennon tells Interviewer Austin Scaggs about the musical dynamics of his relationship with Kemp, juxtaposed to that of John Lennon and Yoko Ono: "They were unified as a message and a movement, but she didn't want to write songs with my dad..We love to collaborate. We just have a chemistry."[8]
Discography
Jardin Du Luxembourg
Grammy Award winning Record Producer Mark Ronson collaborated with The GOASTT to produce a cd[9] in the Summer of 2010: "Jardin Du Luxembourg" Ronson said: “It’s a 60s psych thing, quite Brazilian, with Sean and his girlfriend singing in unison.”
Acoustic Sessions
The GOASTT's latest CD, was released in late October, 2010 through their own label Chimera Music, and was recorded in their own home studio.[10]' Lennon told Spinner (website) that it's supposed to convey to listeners the idea of hearing them alone, in a living room. "It's almost rough sounding, but hopefully in a charming way," he says. "It's mostly acoustic guitar, some piano, some vibraphone."[11]
Reception
Acoustic Sessions has been released to fairly positive reviews:
- In Oct, 2010, the Canadian Publication The Globe and Mail rated Acoustic Sessions "Disc of the Week" and the Reveiwer states:
"'The album charms like a countryside circus. You wonder if the Hendersons will all be there, late of Pablo Fanque’s fair – what a scene, you bet.'"[12]
- In the November, 2010 issue of Rolling Stone a reveiwer describes their sound as "sunny" and psychedelic, and gave it a rating of 3.5 stars out of 5.[13]
- A Reveiwer with NPR had the following to say about Acoustic Sessions: "Listening to Acoustic Sessions is like stepping into a magical world where a smiling sun shines on fields of dancing flowers while winged creatures flit about in the fragrant air."[14]
Charitable Endevors
The GOASTT played a benefit concert in August 2010, with all the proceeds going to support the Woodstock Animal Sanctuary in New York.[15]
Interviews
Interveiw with the LA Times[16] interviw with the NY Post [17]
References
- ^ [1] www.telegraph.co.uk
- ^ [2]"Girl of the Month :Charlotte Kemp Muhl"
- ^ [3]www.Maybelline.co.nz
- ^ [4]
- ^ [5]Vanity Fair "His One and Ono"
- ^ [6]Italian Vogue, Nov 2010
- ^ [7]'The Huffington Post'
- ^ [8]"More Songs about Science and Sex" in Rolling Stone Magazine
- ^ [9]The Daily Star
- ^ [10]
- ^ [11]
- ^ [12]The Globe and Mail "A Thing of beauty from that beautiful boy Sean Lennon"
- ^ [13]Rolling Stone Magazine
- ^ [14] www.NRP.org
- ^ [15]
- ^ [16]