Happy New Year (who made our 2011 Best of NYC list of Emerging Artists) doesn’t worry about making a mess; things will work themselves out eventually. In the opener to her two-track EP ‘Twins,’ singer/songwriter/noise-maker Eleanor Logan allows a deep bed of noise to envelope her airy vocals entirely for a good minute and a half prior to the drums kicking in. But once things get going, her works take on a life all their own. Like in her latest 7-inch, where the artist seems to drown in a warm bed of synths and buzzing guitars before the bass drum reaches out to pull the song forward, and Happy New Year forges a path all on her own. – Mike Levine
