Blog: State Magazine

(Ghostly International) Consisting of Benjamin Curtis (ex- Secret Machines) and sisters Alejandra and Claudia Deheza, Brooklyn's SVIIB have recently toured with M83, a match that's a good indication of what to expect aesthetically from Alpinisms. It is a fulfilling, rewarding album, the palette of which is rich with digital gauze, heavenly harmony and shoegazing electronic pop. A comparison to the Cocteau Twins is perhaps inevitable but justified as the sisters do share the same ethereal timbre as Liz Fraser. Take that blueprint and update it for 2008 with a coat of digital [...]