Very Truly Yours Concert Preview

Very Truly Yours at first listen can be likened to riding a wave of nostalgia. Sweet, lilting, late summer pop-songs give away the band's August inception and make a body yearn for a warm and hazy afternoon. Reminiscent of early Belle and Sebastian, the band sets the scene for their sound in story form on their myspace page, writing:

"One day a girl found a message in a bottle. The message was from a person she'd never met in a place she'd never been. Every day, the girl would read the message and every night she would write a song. She would imagine all the things the person would do, the things they would see and the sounds they would hear. This went on for some time until one day the little girl took all of the songs and put them in a bottle. She went down to the ocean where she found the message and wrote a letter telling the person about all the songs she'd written about them. She signed the letter "Very Truly Yours" and threw the bottle into the ocean, hoping it might one day it might reach that place she'd never been and find the person she'd never met."

Opening for The Pains of Being Pure at Heart at Schuba's in February and recently catching the eye of The Sun Times', Jim Derogatis, Very Truly Yours has created quite a buzz in their 8 months as a band. Catch them this Thursday, April 9th at 9pm at the Bottom Lounge with Peter Adams and Nathan Xander. Show is 21+ and tickets are $5 in advance, $8 at the door.

Published on 4/8/09 at www.thedelimagazine.com/Chicago