Sounds Like: not quite winter
RIYL: Animal Collective, Cloud Cult, Samuel Flynn Scott, Belle & Sebastian
I waited until Autumn to post Sin Fang Bous, the solo moniker for Seabear founder Sindri Mar Sigfusson, because listening to it makes me reach for a sweater. Or a hoodie. Or a jacket. Anything to keep in the warmth. And, surprisingly, this has little to do with Sigfusson's Icelandic origins.
Clangour, the debut Album out now, is laced with eccentric loops and melodies easily mistaken for chill winds howling through Autumn's exposed hollows. Equal parts Animal Collective and Belle & Sebastian, Sin Fang Bous is the music of scarves, fading light, and the sliding saturation and hue of maples. Even the music seems to match the changing season, as Sigfusson begins lightly with a voice and guitar only to re-layer his own singing, add textures, and over-color what he leaves. And although each track could easily be a single release, songs grace from one to the next to create an album that works better as a whole than as a disc of individual tracks.
Download "Catch the Light" to get an impression of Sin Fang Bous.
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