Dean & Britta
Biography
Dean Wareham (ex-Galaxie 500) & Britta Phillips (ex-Jem) aka Dean & Britta are husband and wife duo who also form one half of the New York guitar band Luna. Since 2002 they have found time outside Luna to record a number of beautiful records: l’Avventura, Back Numbers, 13 Most Beautiful: Songs for Andy Warhol’s Screen Tests and most recently the acclaimed soundtrack to Mistress America. In addition they have both recently released solo albums.
Video & Press
At Home, Forever and Ever, With Dean & Britta
[Washington Post] By Nate Rogers LOS ANGELES — In the sun-speckled living room of his East Los Angeles home, Dean Wareham starts the performance by reporting the air quality index. It’s 80, he notes, which is “good, lately,” given the wildfires that had recently blanketed the area with smoke. He peers out the window toward the […]
Cheval Sombre and Dean Wareham: Dean Wareham vs. Cheval Sombre Review
[Paste Magazine] By Eric R. Danton Dean Wareham and Cheval Sombre bill their new collaboration as “western dream-pop,” which isn’t such a strange pairing: western-style songs have always had a dreamlike air. From Sons of the Pioneers through Hollywood’s singing cowboys to Marty Robbins and Johnny Cash, tunes like “Blue Shadows on the Trail,” “El […]