Memphis
Here Comes a City
(Arts and Crafts Records)
rel. date: released
With their formerly austere sound now sharpened somewhat to a finer indie-pop point, duo Torquil Campbell and Chris Dumont take their collective musical vision to new heights. Not that “HCAC” is urban-sounding. Rather, the pair has made something of a light concept album that rolls out of the speakers like a wave of lingering softness. Nothing here will hit you over the head first time through. Like all albums that are destined to stay with you these ten tracks work best over a few listens and preferably late, late at night. The otherworldly, heavily echoed delight of “Five Loops” and the supple, guitar-filigreed flow of “Reservoir” confirm the somber mood yet somehow effervesce as well. “Wait!” delivers on the bands’ obvious love of New Romantic boy-pop at its most precious. There is a touch of the familiar here, yet these Memphis cats seem to be on a path that will gain them much respect amongst their peers.
Jeff Monk
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