Hybrid Excellence
This is an extraordinarily good album, a hybrid cross between Stereolab and Bjork (if you want the beginnings of a touchstone), and it is brightly illuminated by the lush harmonies, synth orchestrations, spoken word narratives that intone a serious observing, and individual instrumental inserts like the violin on Burn Bright by Alice Zawadski. The opening track Roots is a tour de force of all I have just described, beginning with some broken/hesitant talk, then breezing on with Lauren Kinsella’s bright vocal and those synth sweeps and violin additions – gorgeous saxophone by Josh Arcoleo. The song progresses to a mystical merge of voices and a concoction of modal instrumentation that sets the album up for its wonderful roll-out of more.
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