Blog: Pasta Primavera

Somewhere between Bloc Party and Grizzly Bear lies Chicago's Helicopters. At first glance you might be thrown by the indie/electro/pop genre they've given themselves. Sure they're indie. Sure they're electro. Sure they're pop. But there's no new wave echoes slanting their sound. Lush is the word I would use. Instead of using electronics as a foundation for each song, on Helicopters' new LP Sizing Up The Distance ( FlyCasual Records ) they use keyboards and computers as accents to complement the soft expansive songs built around melodic guitars and vocals. The outcome is similar to The Notwist at [...]

• helicopters - Emergency
• helicopters - Getting Out of Town