Tuesday, November 17, 2009

The Sunny Era

Add Date: November 17

Artist: The Sunny Era

Album: This Darkness of Love

Label: Self-released

Genre: Rock/Folk

Comments: The Sunny Era, a three-piece outfit from Minneapolis, have created a gorgeous album with This Darkness of Love. It sounds like DeVotchKa part two, but it's not a knock-off--their sound, while similar, is organically their own, and perhaps less easy to identify as related to a specific world-music influence (although you certainly get some Eastern European folk, French cafe music and Balkan gypsy jazz) This Darkness of Love is full of moody, lush world-rock-folk tracks, all which are melodic but wistful all the same, and accordians, airy yet powerful vocals, and well-placed percussion. A beautiful record; start with tracks 1, 3, and 5.

1 comments:

Lenny said...

Wow, you are absolutely right --- a GORGEOUS cd. These guys have a very interesting/intriguing sound. Influenced by DeVotchKa for sure, but refreshingly different!