Album Features
UPC:	075678825590
Artist:	Fanfarlo
Format:	CD
Release Year:	2012
Record Label:	Canvasback
Genre:	Alternative, Rock & Pop

Track Listing
1. Replicate
2. Deconstruction
3. Lenslife
4. Shiny Things
5. Tunguska
6. Everything Turns
7. Tightrope
8. Feathers
9. Bones
10. Dig
11. Flood, A
12. Everything Resolves

Details
Playing Time:	44 min.
Producer:	Ben Allen
Distributor:	Elektra (Label)
SPAR Code:	n/a

Album Notes
Personnel: Olafur Björn (drums, percussion).Audio Mixer: Ben H. Allen.Recording information: Bryn Derwen Studios, Bethesda, UK.Dropping some of the folky elements of 2009's Reservoir, London-based outfit Fanfarlo move in a more synth-oriented, '80s new wave direction with 2012's Rooms Filled with Light. Which isn't to say they've completely abandoned the grand and buoyant pop that made Reservoir such a surprise. On the contrary, working with producer Ben Allen (Animal Collective, Deerhunter, Gnarls Barkley), Fanfarlo have crafted a sonically adventurous and somewhat angular album that finds them coming into their own as less Grizzly Bear/Arcade Fire-influenced also-rans and more of a uniquely addictive neo-new wave ensemble in their own right. Once again showcasing the yearning baritone of Swedish-born lead singer Simon Balthazar, Fanfarlo also feature multi-instrumentalist/vocalist Cathy Lucas, who shares lead duties on a few songs. To these ends, we get the sparkly anthem "Deconstruction" and the Haircut 100-sounding "Tunguska," with its blue-eyed soul saxophones. Elsewhere, the '80s vibe continues with "Feathers," sounding something along the lines of a midtempo synth pop duet between David Byrne and Kate Bush, and the bright, rambling "Tightrope," with its driving bassline coming on like a lost Fun Boy Three cut. Ultimately, the great thing about the '80s vibe on Rooms Filled with Light isn't that Fanfarlo have aped their idols, but rather that they've found a way to make these Day-Glo, spiky-haired melodies feel utterly contemporary. ~ Matt Collar

Editorial Reviews
3 stars out of 5 -- [P]acked with quirky, anti-rock production twists....Opener 'Replicate' is a beautiful mix of Philip Glass, 'Eleanor Rigby' and China Crisis...
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['Tightrope'] opens with brief electronic vocal ambience before the keys, drum and bass drop in with a typically playful '80s synth-pop line...
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