The brick-and-mortar world shares oxygen with all things virtual in this quite-postmodern retelling of daily life: a beautiful, tortured cello riff knocks elbows with house music samples. Brass duels with synthesizers. Piano keys tap their feet with drum machines. Could anything be more 2009? (We’re looking at you, In Rainbows.)
This is a great LP, well-composed and well-produced, richly layered, although possibly a bit too quiet. Read more about Orvoton here. I might be missing some native subtlety, but I believe the title of the LP means “Little Accounts.” Title tracks such as “Febrero 17″ (“February 17″) and “Un Domingo” (“a Sunday”) support that translation of the title.
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