Friday, February 4, 2011

DeVotchKa

Add Date: February 1 

Artist: DeVotchKa 

Album: 100 Lovers 

Label: ANTI-

Genre: Rock 

Comments: DeVotchKa is back with 100 Lovers, their first album since 2007's A Mad and Faithful Telling. Always cinematic, largely dramatic, and sometimes melancholy, DeVotchKa masterfully blends world-music influences (largely Balkan/Romani/general Eastern European) with modern rock, folk, and cabaret sensibilities, creating accessible yet wildly creative music. Combined with their amazing live shows (I can attest to this), the group has found a successful niche for their style--romantic, moody, and eccentric.

100 Lovers sees the group return in good form, with expansive soundscapes, layers of violin and dramatic vocals, inventive percussion and the precise use of instruments like the accordion all blending together in a danceable yet soundtrack-esque manner. Start with tracks 1, 2, 3 and 6.

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