Panda Transport’s Monorail is described on their website as “[t]he songs are immediate, personal & poppy while retaining the curious experimentation & playfulness so often edited out in today’s music.” For some reason in my mind the group Flunk comes up… with some Kate Havnevik and maybe some Imogen Heap mixed in to describe their music. It ranges from sweet and tender to pop and floaty to kinda dark… no joke – it has a dark edge to it as well.
Here’s how I came in contact: I was searching through my messages on IODAPromonet and there was a direct message from their label. I immediately searched through the rest of the new messages and found them all to be the basic promo stuff I receive most of the time (that does not mean I don’t check out that selection of music…). This message from Panda Transport was personal and thoughtful and created a fan out of me before I heard their music. I became excited and checked out their tunes. This also prompted me to email someone, anyone from the group. The person I contacted was the lead vocalist from Charlottesville, VA named Kathy. I would have to place her in the kind and gracious group as well! She’s a great conversationalist and has been a dream to work with (don’t worry, I feel the same way about Autorotation).
And guess what… you’ll get to hear some of their stuff over the next couple of months.
What’s the moral of this story? A kind note can go a LOOOOOONG way! Even from this below the radar podcaster/blogger.
