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Apr 26, 201280The preponderance of the material here creates its own world, on its own terms, and beckons you to go inside. And you will.
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Apr 25, 201280Orcas provides much to engage fans of both Irisarri and Pioulard, as well as lovers of languid, abstracted pop song craft.
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Apr 24, 201280Orcas at first seems nondescript (and as such works well as background music, if your foreground is, let's say, a wintry gazebo), but it's an album one 'finds' after repeated close listens.
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Apr 25, 201278Orcas find a space that floats between velvet vocals and Pioulard's field recordings in a time frozen between dreams and a reality beautifully faded by the sun.
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Apr 24, 201277Meluch and Irisarri have crafted a genuine, coherent album that conjures immense shadows and immense depths worthy of its namesake.
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May 8, 201270Orcas, stays in the same zone [gauzy ambient folk], but edges closer to the sublime and harrowing atmospheres more associated with Irisarri.
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Apr 24, 201270Undeniably beautiful. Aloof, abstract and elegant, it melds ambient expanse with pop form to idyllic, if unassuming effect.
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Apr 24, 201270An enjoyable creation that, despite its clear roots, has its own logic and general aesthetic.
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Apr 24, 201270Undeniably beautiful. Aloof, abstract and elegant, it melds ambient expanse with pop form to idyllic, if unassuming effect.
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Jul 9, 201260It's pleasant, calming sleepy time pop. [Jun 2012, p.158]
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Apr 24, 201260There's a craft to their harmonies, their timbral choices, and even their restraint.
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Apr 24, 201260While Orcas hits on a heavier emotional level than I'd initially expected, that tendency to drift does endure on repeated listens.