Miami:The Go Find

Title: Miami

Label: Morr Music

Genre: electronica singer/songwriter

Rating: 6 of 7

I do not know if the Postal Service was the first group to really exemplify the singer/songwriter/electronica genre, but since the release of Give Up, I have heard more records using that template than anything else. Now this is not necessarily a bad thing, and my guess is that the Postal Service was not first, but the first to get recognition. Well, all of that get up was just to introduce the Go Find, or Dieter Sermeus of Belgium. The 28-year-old creates intricate and mellow yet danceable tunes with the help of his guitar and an iBook. A former member of the Orange Black and contemporary of his good friend and like-minded Styrofoam (also on Morr), Sermeus sounds more like Nick Drake than Ben Gibbard, and his lyrics are a bit more optimistic than most singer/songwriters. The electronics are also very good on Miami, more of a concentration of natural sounding drum beats and instrumentation, instead of just bips and beeps. I also like the layering and multi-tracked vocals. An overall solid and intimate album that I am sure any fans of, whom else, the Postal Service, and this recent movement in indie rock will enjoy.

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