My City Glittered Like A Breaking Wave

This is the second release from the London/Düsseldorf trio comprised of vocalist/guitarist Luke Sutherland (Long Fin Killie, Bows, Mogwai), programmer/keyboardist Volker Bertelmann (Tontraeger), and bassist/synth player Stefan Schneider (To Rococo Rot, Tarwater). Following last year's debut album A Heart and Two Stars, Music A.M. continue to create cascading delicate sonorities over shuffling topographies. Slow countrified vibes, methadone doo-wop for disco misfits, swan songs for ex-swingers, are set alight by deep-blue bass chords, whispering whirlpools of guitar and burbling micro-funk. Even the surf licks and pop twists have a wistful and wintry abandonment.