Sister

The follow-up to the indie electronic trios 2012 eponymous debut, Sister sees Laura Bettinson, Joey Waronker, and Nigel Godrich delivering another evocative set of glacial soundscapes and cosmopolitan beats that syncopate with the discomfort of the times. Fans of Godrichs production work and Waronkers versatile session drumming prowess will find familiarity in Sisters wobbly beats, cascading synths, and Baroque-electro-pop melodies, many of which echo the formers work with Radiohead and solo Thom Yorke, and the latters contributions to the Radiohead frontmans other side project Atoms for Peace. Built from a series of improv sessions, the meandering nine-track set rewards repeated listens. Highlights arrive early on with Tin King, Harmony, and Anybody setting a steady and swirling pace; the latter track sees Godrich applying layers of abbreviated strings a la A Moon Shaped Pool. Elsewhere, a shifting Motorik pulse drives Ordinary Boy, elevating the track beyond a sterile CPR jam, the restrained, slow-burn instrumentation on Mariella allows Bettinson some space to shine, and the knotty early moments of Bumblebee make way for a lush and armhair-raising chorus that earns its icy pristineness. Consistently hypnotic, yet rich with sneaky melodic shifts, Sisters rich sonic architecture, which includes Bettinsons anodyne vocals and stream of consciousness wordsmithing, is its greatest selling point. ~ James Christopher Monger

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