Copenhagen's Efterklang reach far beyond the expectations of a debut with their ambitious first album for The Leaf label. The ten-member group's music whispers like thunder, combining glacial strings, febrile electronic rhythms, hushed male-female vocals (reminiscent of My Bloody Valentine) and a Greenlandic choir-- all joining together to a transcendent whole. Tripper was a year in the making, and it captures the intricate majesty of the best film soundtracks and most evocative classical works. Efterklang...   [ read more ]

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Parades is the highly anticipated second album by Denmark's Efterklang-- the follow up to their underground hit of 2004, Tripper. Comprising 11 majestic, otherworldly pop songs, Parades manages to be both magnificently ambitious and engagingly intimate; a breathtaking panorama of sound with few clear antecedents. Music with no boundaries. In a parallel universe, songs like "Miradori" and "Caravani" would be number one forever. Though the music that became Parades was recorded concurrently with the critica...   [ read more ]

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Before Tripper, Efterklang's honored and acclaimed first album, they released Springer in 2003 on their own tiny Rumraket label. Those who were enchanted by the beauty and majesty of Tripper will find Leaf's reissue of Springer no less an astounding display of maximal impact from minimal input. Created with computer equipment recording live instruments, yet sounding as if a full-bodied orchestra has approached the microphones-- much like Mum, Kronos Quartet, My Bloody Valentine and Sigur Ros.

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