I’ve made the comparison between German Error Message and The Microphones previously and I hold true to that! Lumping all haunting bedroom pop cut with a melancholy vibe together would be lazy journalism but there’s a familiarity between Phil Elvrum’s voice and Paul Kintzing’s that works.
The overall vibe works quite well in the quiet hours of the evening. It has moments of largess and exploding drums but the production keeps the listening experience intimate and personal.
This particular album was released almost a year ago but it’s new to me and the more I listen, the more it grabs me.Â