We recently received the opportunity to get an advanced listen to the city-state’s first feature length album, Monument, due for release May 15 on Liberty Fuse Records.
My comrades in blogging passed on it and, initially, so did I. I wasn’t immediately tackled and wasn’t easily won over. However, I’ve listened to the sneak preview stream and the two downloadable tracks a few times and I think there’s something there for me — and others — to like.
The quartet from Washington D.C. have been compared to Interpol and British Sea Power and are certainly more emotionally low-key than I tend to have in the rotation. But, hell, it often takes me a while to warm up to a group, especially when they tend to roam outside my sonic comfort zone. “Mary”, “This Place”, “Arlanda Terminal”, “Idea” and “You Wait-Wolves (A Study In Her vs The Mirror Orchid Remix)” intrigued me enough to purchase their previous release from emusic, the 2006 five-track EP Wolves +4.
The beauty of music and the Intertubes is there is something out there for everyone and city-state could be right up your alley. Learn and hear more at the band’s website and TheirSpace.
city-state – Mary
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