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2008, Ghostly
Insound Staff Pick - 2008! Alpinisms is an electronically enhanced pop record of dizzying highs and claustrophobic lows whose painstaking conception shows in its detail-laden crevices. On the album's best tracks - the polyrhythmic dream-pop of "Face to Face in High Places," the nervous shimmer of "My Cabal," the menacing lilt of "Iamundernodisguise" - Curtis constructs layers of shoegazing, moire-patterned guitars, while Alejandra and Claudia Deheza intertwine their near-identical voices like the fingers of praying hands. Throughout, the whole heavenly affair is tethered to the ground with a glitchy, tribal thwomp. Technology collides with cryptic religious imagery and good, old-fashioned rock music.
Tracklisting
Disc 1
| 1 | Iamundernodisguise |
| 2 | Face to Face on High Places |
| 3 | Half Asleep |
| 4 | Wired for Light |
| 5 | For Kalaja Mari |
| 6 | White Elephant Coat |
| 7 | Connjur |
| 8 | Sempiternal/Amaranth |
| 9 | Chain |
| 10 | Prince of Peace |
| 11 | My Cabal |
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