Alaska In Winter Discography of CDs

Alaska In Winter music CDs An artist who uses Autotune, cheap-sounding rhythm machines, and multi-part song formats as profligately as Brandon Bethancourt does is just begging you to hate him. So it's pleasantly frustrating, on the second Alaska in Winter album, to find it so utterly impossible to do so. Bethancourt's secret seems to be a sort doubling-down on irony -- the schmaltzily descending chord progressions, the vocoderish vocal effects, the blissfully bittersweet melodies, and the lovely, straightforward harmonies are so sweetly cheesy that they come full circle and come across as completely sincere. Every song is like a variation on a familiar theme: the synthesizer arpeggios and wheezy keyboard on "Berlin," the house-inflected "Highlander, Pt. 1" (which is paired with an even prettier "Pt. 2"), and the gently chugging synth-and-banjo pop of "Knorrpromenade" all evoke the 1980s in various ways; "Speed Boat to ...

Alaska In Winter discography The brainchild of songwriter Brandon Bethancourt, DANCE PARTY IN THE BALKANS is an indie fusion album for the 21st century, combining elements of world music, folk, trip-hop, and chamber pop. The basic tracks for the album were recorded by Bethancourt in the ...

Alaska In Winter songs Track Listing of songs: Berlin; Berlin;

Alaska In Winter CD discography Track Listing of songs: We Are Blind and Riding the Merry Go Round; We Are Blind and Riding the Merry-Go-Round;