The Fatales - Great Surround

2009 release from the NYC Indie outfit. The Fatales traveled to Chase Park Transduction Studios in Athens, Georgia to record Great Surround with producer Andy LeMaster (Bright Eyes, Pacific UV, Azure Ray). Demonstrating more thoughtful and delicately crafted songwriting, the new compositions are grand, nostalgic and cinematic in scope, recalling early Danny Elfman or the soundtrack to a David Lynch film noir. All the while the songs maintain the group's trademark sound: shimmering layers of guitars and synths, lush melodic string arrangements, and meticulously programmed electronics, all driven by a propulsive and dynamic rhythm section. The picturesque effect is dark yet beautiful dancing in circles while toeing the line of a familiar yet slightly skewed pop structure.

1) Evergreen
2) Islands of Fortune
3) Old Painter
4) Eveningwear
5) Vanishing Act
6) Stadtpark
7) Darkened Country
8) Violette
9) City
10) En Route
11) Torches