Sparklehorse + Fennesz: In the Fishtank
Label: In the Fishtank
Sparklehorse always brought a touch of experimentalism to their indie-pop bona fides, so this inspired pairing with Austria’s electronic maestro Christian Fennesz is not as odd as it might seem. At any rate, the two have created one of the year’s boldest and most beautiful electronic records. Supposedly Fennesz and the band holed themselves up for two days to create this 40-minute opus, a beautifully textured work of rich atmospherics nicely combining acoustic instruments and layers of synths and guitars. Some vocals, abstract and dreamy, dot the proceedings, but this is ambient music at its finest, with two supreme musos at the top of their game. (James)
