On its moving, insistent "Piramida" (4AD), Efterklang uses a variety of electronic sounds, brass, inventive percussion and layered voices under lead singer Casper Clausen for its moody chamber pop.
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The record is an 11-track foray into theatrical, space-themed chamber pop that falls somewhere between the score of a Broadway musical and a collection of sweet and playful nursery rhymes.
The gorgeous mix of meandering instrumental arrangements, expansive ambiance, and wonderfully earnest vocals creates a sort of spacey chamber pop that seems to float wherever the wind may take it.
The spiky "A Tourist Town" draws its inspiration from Leonard Cohen's "Famous Blue Raincoat" and quotes the Talking Heads' "Once in a Lifetime, " while "This Place Is on TV" reveals its interest in morphing chamber pop into electronica.
Vincent, Merrill Garbus's Tune-Yards and Laura Marling, who added a cello and brass to her retro-folk sound, presented polished, high-concept chamber pop, as did Other Lives, who impressed with melodramatic baroque folk featuring strings, orchestral synths and vocal harmonies in support of the quietly charismatic singer Jesse Tabish.
It's hard to listen to The Silver City, the new CD from Minnesota chamber-pop artist Jeremy Messersmith, without thinking of Sufjan Stevens.
With songs that mash together dark psychedelia, sunny chamber-pop and heroic prog-rock riffs, the album builds slowly from introspective beauty to fiery intensity.
Her new album, Seastories, should advance that cause in a big way: Its appealing mixture of bluesy soul and chamber-pop features collaborations with Ryan Adams and Liz Phair, among others.
Beyond the chamber circuit, the group has also appeared in nightclubs and with pop and jazz singers such as Luke Temple and Kurt Elling.
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