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Genre:
Electronica
Release Date: 01/25/2005
A fine return to form after a noticeable absence,
L'Altra have crafted an album that skillfully balances and blurs the line between
electronic music and a nostalgic longing for a whispy
dream pop revival. Most people who are familiar with vocalist
Lindsay Anderson from her stint as the unofficial vocalist in residence for
Hefty Records; making vocal cameos on both
Telefon Tel Aviv and
Slicker's records in 2004. So it comes as a surprise to no one that the group would enlist
Telefon co-brainchild
Joshua Eustis to helm the production board this time around. But unlike
Telefon's frantic need to clutter every measure with
electronic sound and jam skittery rhythms at every turn,
Anderson and partner
Joseph Costa opt for spacious simplicity and leave the complexity to the cryptic lyrics. The lush and melancholic arrangements so omnipresent on previous albums take their usual front row seat for the majority of the album, as do the split-channel vocals and quivering harmonies between
Anderson and
Costa; the stuff that made earlier releases such wonderful treasures. The themes of isolation, solitude and general soul-crushing existence makes it their most blatantly honest work and helps further reinforce the notion that this is their most fully realized and beautiful release to date.
~Rob Theakston, All Music Guide
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