Seen at CMJ: Baby Alpaca.

You might have heard this already a couple of times, but one of the secrets to improvement and – eventually (maybe) – success, is keeping at it, for a very long time. We booked Chris Kittrell’s brainchild Baby Alpaca for one of our 2010 CMJ shows – he was playing solo at the time – and it was great to see him with a full band, improved confidence and a great new EP at Pianos on CMJ Wednesday. With their charmingly dark melodies, tasteful arrangements, and a voice to fall for, Baby Alpaca come across as some kind of new Roxy Music from the "Avalon" years, and earn extra points for being managed by an ex (awesome) Deli intern – we weren’t aware of it when we started to write this blurb.Check out the video for "Sea of Dreams" here, and listen to preview single "Wild Child" below.

We added this song to The Deli’s playlist of Best mellow songs by emerging NYC artists – check it out!