Emily Reo's Haunted Graffiti
Jan 20, 2010, 2:30pm
The Decibel Tolls
The Decibel TollsSunny good-times Orlando doesn't necessarily seem the type of milieu that begets sequestered and supremely haunting lo-fi. But it did, and Emily Reo is decidedly in a league of her own. Simple synths, swells of tape warmth, junky drum machines, a touch of vibraphone, and distorted, melodic, post doo wop vocals certainly evokes Tickley Feather or a totally fucked version of Beach House. However, Reo adopts a more cathedral-tinged approach, demonstrated on "Metal For Your Skin" - a song too expansive for the bedroom. "Tell Us All" features a masterful incorporation of the evasive "circus waltz" that you no longer hear much in [...]
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