I'm trying to remember exactly where it was that I read about this band, but I can't. The group is out of Baltimore, the great town that brought us Beach House, so a plus on them. The singer, Samuel T. Herring, has this great strained voice that he wields with a dramatic menace; it reminisces David Bowie, Gordon Gano and maybe a little Tom Waits. He adds a lot of emotion and theatrics to each song.
Together the band follows a solid recipe of distorted scratching guitars, synths, keys and simple marching percussion. The songs are well constructed and produced, allowing the right amount space throughout the album. Some songs, like "An Apology" step back and allow Herring his soapbox, but a song like "Long Flight" licks up a bouncing grove that the band runs with simple repetition, building a momentum that crashes straight through the emotional breaking of Herring's final verse.
It's a solid album and deserves a full listen. I've linked a video to "Tin Man" below.
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