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Washington, DC chamber-rock quartet Laconic Chamber represents a departure for Camera Obscura, the Australian label best known as a stronghold of neo-psychedelia. Influences as far ranging as '80s art punk (especially the Raincoats and Swell Maps), the Velvet Underground, Throwing Muses, traditional and modern folk, Rex, Low, and indie-orchestral ensembles--to name but a few--are apparent. But, like the rest of the label's roster, Laconic Chamber offers something at once familiar yet fresh, a beguiling marriage of musics both old and new.
Dorothy Geller's efficiently sculpted vocals and guitar are the heart of Laconic Chamber's lovely, languorous sound, contrasting with Evan Shurak's (ex-Eggs) fluidly jazzy percussion and the soothing scrape of James Wolf's violin. Eric Brun, whose probing basslines are integral in accentuating the album's sensuous substance, adds lilting clarinet to "Striking Noon(e)." Despite the presence of these three men, Geller's artily oblique compositions and enigmatic lyrics play up the feminine feel of A HISTORY OF EPIDEMICS. Such songs as the halting "Darker," the bewitching "Judas," "She Must Have Bled," and the wracked title track exude shades of a complex, simmering, and siren-like sensuality that almost as overpowering as it is alluring.
Arranger: Laconic Chamber.
Personnel: Dorothy Geller (vocals, acoustic guitar); James Wolf (electric guitar, violin); Eric Bruns (clarinet); Evan Shurak (drums, percussion).
Recording information: Stillness Sound Facility.
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