Snowglobe are a Memphis band that seem to have blended the Elephant 6 sound with a rather more classic American rock feeling. Something which I think you’ll agree should be a disaster, yet they manage to make it work for them.
I think the closest comparison I can make for the band is Oh No! Oh My! which is somewhat fitting given the two bands share members. What we’ve got here are nice little, sometimes elaborate, musical constructs which pause to give the words some room. Then make to the music again. It’s the closest thing you’ll get a call-and-response style with only one vocalist.
I’m not going to launch into hyperbole about how this is the greatest band since yesterday’s greatest band. I will say that this is the kind of gentle but occasionally surprising music that makes perfect background music as I work. It always feels like it’s insulting to praise music that works in such a way, but I don’t mean it as such. There is depth to be found within their songs, but it’s also possible to just pop them on and just have them soundtrack your day.
No Need To Light A Night Light On A Night Like Tonight (possibly my favourite title this year) will be released on May 26 by Makeshift Music.
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