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CHAIRLIFT | Guilty as Charged

Damn - okay so I’ve been on this electronic phase lately because I’ve been dying to hear something new lately and there hasn’t been much going on. The non-electro scene has been pretty mediocre lately and I just haven’t been liking anything that’s been released. This though on the other hand caught my attention.

Chairlift is an electropop band which formed in 2005 in Boulder, Colorado, United States. The band consists of Caroline Polachek (vocals, keyboards) and Patrick Wimberly (bass, drums). The third founding member, Aaron Pfenning (guitar, synths, vocals), left the band in 2010.

The first few seconds sucked me into this track already just because of the reverberating twangy guitars. The rhythmic beat behind it and especially Caroline’s voice just settle the tones for the rest of the track. I’ve been into this electronic phase all last week and up to now and this is honestly a good change of pace. This is experimental to a sense and the instrumentals is thriving with jabs of electronic effects and raw blues’y alternative rock. I love it. The other tracks represent a variety of style’s that I’ve been diggin’ so far. It’s weird really. Some I get the feel of 80’s modern day pop/rock feel as in “Ghost Town”, the other’s are very quick and moving like as if Here We Go Magic tripped out on late 70’s and 80’s rock pop music like in “I Belong In Your Arms”. Damn, it’s quick and fun.

Caroline’s voice is perfect for this sound and if they ever played LIVE here in Chicago, I would definitely go see them. On that note, Chairlift, come to Chicago. Fuck, they’re fun.

If I had to compare them to a band, I would say 

“Put Here We Go Magic and Eleanor Friedberger, replace them with Chairlifts members, trippin’ out on mushrooms in a studio with synths and Chairlift was born.”

Check out the video of “Safari Sidewalk”. Album is out now (via iTunes)

Chairlift - Met Before [LC highly recommends]

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