Ohbijou

For­give them for being from Canada, for­give them for hav­ing six(ish) mem­bers, a vio­lin, a banjo, a xylo­phone, and who knows what else. Despite all appear­ances to the con­trary, this is not another cloy­ing, for­get­table act clam­or­ing for bread­crumbs at Pitchfork’s table. In other words, you’ll enjoy these guys the sec­ond time you hear them, too.

Ohbi­jou’s twi­light cham­ber pop is rem­i­nis­cent of The Con­cretes’ softer work, but this prob­a­bly owes a lot to their female vocals, light orches­tral touches, and pen­chant for 3/4 time sig­na­tures. Their debut LP, Swift Feet For Trou­bling Times, was self-released this year and pro­duced by Leon Taheny of Final Fan­tasy. It’s the kind of sum­mer album meant not for sunny after­noons, but for nights alone in your bed­room with the win­dow open and the cur­tains blow­ing; so hurry up and grab this before autumn hits us for good. My best guess at a way to obtain a copy would be to email them – there are no shop­ping carts on their site.