+ sing alone at the top of our lungs

ola podrida - self titled (plug research, 2007)
actually there's none of that singing at top of any lungs, instead it's all hushed vocals and occasionally yearning but still soft, cries. i like the more ambient stuff like the gorgeous track 'instead', more textural on an otherwise alt-country/folkpop record. a band of many former texans i think, now based in brooklyn and lead by a film composer. also notable (for me at least) for having ken from the analog set playing bass in the band (but not on the record though).

also for some reason, despite the fact that plug research is distributed by inertia, this one never got released here. hmpf.