Gigi

GIGI is a Vancouver-based indie pop project whose <a href="spotify:artist:7ndXQ4XNWOzIPq3ElQhrEP">Ellie Greenwich</a>-worthy pop hooks, tender girl-boy harmonies, and retro production values welcome comparisons to acts like <a href="spotify:artist:1C4F7PHDaEkp5ZL1rkkmrE">the School</a> and <a href="spotify:artist:4C6aTpsTzZASFFVwa7uhfL">Saturday Looks Good to Me</a>. Although the group features a large cast of contributors (over a dozen musicians contributed to the project's first album, including the likes of <a href="spotify:artist:3UArwiOs2JWYZ9oNxfTUBM">Rose Melberg</a> and <a href="spotify:artist:7FeCvXxNn2D4Cf38i0zDul">Karl Blau</a>), GIGI is at its core a collaboration between <a href="spotify:artist:68QhSfYuqyiT1KPoHlCvSv">Nick Krgovich</a> (best-known for his work with <a href="spotify:artist:2bo5ByMfmF1vzg41tbFlc4">P:ano</a> and <a href="spotify:artist:0cu5pWAIPFwstvulkPRWEY">No Kids</a>) and producer Colin Stewart. In 2005, having gotten his hands on a couple of old-school plate reverbs, Stewart approached <a href="spotify:artist:68QhSfYuqyiT1KPoHlCvSv">Krgovich</a> with the idea to make some <a href="spotify:artist:3jVMgT4X7YeuYE4aludcmE">Phil Spector</a>-style recordings. A series of live-off-the-floor recording sessions ensued, culminating three years later in the tracks that would become GIGI's debut full-length, Maintenant. The album was released on <a href="spotify:search:label%3A%22Tomlab%22">Tomlab</a> in January 2010. ~ TiVo Staff, Rovi