I love it when new albums pleasantly surprise. Based in Montreal, Our Book And The Authors is lead singer, songwriter and keyboardist Gabriel D’Amour and programmer Jean-Christian Arod. Their first full length self-titled album was released only two weeks ago, on May 13th 2009. After each listen I am drawn more and more into this beautiful album.

I suppose you could call it an electro-pop album, most similar (in my opinion) to the Junior Boys, but more orchestrated and experimental. Each song has that basic electro-pop beat (reminiscent of those stock organ beats), and all feature the layered harmonizing vocals on D’Amour. Each song then adds significantly different effects and instruments, making each track much different from the next. Usually this may result in an incohesive album, but I feel that the basic electronic foundation and D’Amour flat sounding voice tie every together well enough. Furthermore, the strong melodies of every track are enough to win any listener over. Our Book and the Authors are good. Very good.

Similar to: Junior Boys, Spoon (maybe), Postal Service (maybe not)

Download:
Our Book and The Authors - In All The Wrong Ways
Our Book and The Authors - Killing Flies
Our Book and The Authors - In All The Wrong Ways (Ease Remix)

Our Book and The Authors on The New Balearic:
‘In All The Wrong Ways’ on Episode 36

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