Features members of Of Montreal, Elf Power, and Masters of the Hemisphere. Their influences range from Robert Wyatt to Spiritualized.

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?Some albums smack you right over the head, strutting their stuff straight out of the speakers, Hymns' Brother/Sister isn't one of them, its many charms are much more subtle than that. The quartet's debut is not a grandiose album, but it is a glorious one, the type one returns to time and again.The first thing one notices is the luminescent quality of the music -- all the songs positively glow, the more rocking numbers in bright colors, the more laid-back in pastel shades. Then there's the energy, not adre...   [ read more ]

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Summer Hymns concoct more ethereal indie pop/rock with art rock, psychedelic, and even ambient compositional shades on their second album. It's a pleasing if somewhat somnambulant approach, incongruous yet somehow nice to behold, much like the cover picture of a lion walking on a deserted field with skyscrapers in the background. As songwriters, they have an off-kilter nonchalant charm similar to those of early '70s British psych-into-prog figures like Syd Barrett, Kevin Ayers, a...   [ read more ]

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