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from our friends at Antenna Farm Records:

'Beam is led by French ex-patriate Helene Renaut, a music major from Brittany. Determined to escape the gloom of her hometown, she busked gypsy songs on the violin to finance a move to San Francisco in 1995. After gradually becoming a fixture on the emerging solo acoustic scene here, Helene was ready to branch out and form a band. For the past 3 years, Beam has been paying homage to the darkly psychedelic folk-pop of the late-sixties with enough originality to pull it off without sounding 'retro' or 'retreaded.'

Beam's songs are full of complex, brooding melodies and gentle psychedelia, but like many classic songwriters, Helene also understands the payoff of a good hook. Singing mostly in English, she tells her stories of love, loss, and renewed hope in a voice that is world-weary and yet still recklessly naive. From the driving baroque pop of 'California Cradled You' to the dreamy canyon rock of 'Higher Than the Grass' Beam wears its eclectic pop sensibility on its sleeve.

It is this combination that has earned Beam a cult-like following in the Bay Area, and they are regulars at SF institutions like the Makeout Room, the Hemlock, and the Hotel Utah. Beam's self-titled debut album features guest performances from members of Call and Response, Subtle/Themselves, The Moore Brothers, and Cat Five. It was recorded by Mikel Garmendia and Jeremy Goody, the duo responsible for recording the albums by Mikel's other band, Winfred E. Eye. And even though the band has added string arrangements, keyboards and hazy vocal harmonies to their more spare live sound, the result is still light and refreshing, lush without sounding overdone. '