Sky Signal:Audible

Title: Sky Signal

Label: Polyvinyl

Genre: well-produced pop

Rating: 6.2 of 7

If Polyvinyl was a girl, I’d marry her. She’s sweet and sensible and as smart as she is cute; not to mention her perfectly shaped… line-up. The latest addition to their ever-growing roster, Philadelphia’s Audible, fits in perfectly with their Brian Eno-ish layering and pop sensibility. Though started before Mike Kennedy and Jim Kehoe joined matt pond PA, the Audible side project was set aside until recently. With more experience and a solid label backing, the band has been able to debut with a well-produced album. The record is built around the solid song-writing and off-kilter pop harmonies that have graced other like-minded bands like Aloha and Volcano, I’m Still Excited!! The songs are catchy as they are complicated and projected with patience and skill. It hardly sounds like a debut from a young band, but if it wasn’t all of this, then it wouldn’t be on Polyvinyl.

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