This Brooklyn, NY, duo are signed on the Kranky label and call their music “ambient punk.” Very down tempo, the sequencer sounds they use often refer to sweet sine wave blips, gamelan and other bell-type sounds. Guitar is prominent on all tracks, with a heavy chorus effect, used in a similar way to some goth bands. Bass is also important in song structure and melody. They create some nice ambient textures and vignettes, and vocals are more present in later half of the album. Think also of Microstoria. 8, 1, 10, 13, 4.

1. melodic, minimal vignette. guitar melody with gamelan sounds.
2. small vignette, minimal and sweet. similar instrumentation.
3. fluttering sounds + wandering melody from heavily chorus-ed guitar.
4. goth guitar, bass, sequencer. tension keeps forward motion.
5. also dark. driven mostly by bass melody. nice sounds.
6. bass and guitar with sequencer blips and sounds. cool.
7. distorted vocals and melodica. cryptic and playful.
8. very cute song. vocals like beat happening and beach boys backing vocals. chorus-ed out guitar, blips from sequencer.
9. sequencer driven, with half-spoken vocals, cryptic and playful
10. nice gamelan-like sounds with bu-duh-duh vocals in background.
11. sequencer rhythms drive the song, along with vocals.
12. nice beeps and sounds like microstoria. vocals + melodica.
13. mostly sequencer blips. nice texture.