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.

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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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