Ravens & Chimes showcase the kind of urgency you usually expect to hear from folk frontmen desperately running from a broken heart and delaying the pain of unrealized expectations. Lead singer Asher Lack may share many of these same issues, but on sophomore record "Holiday Life" (out April 3rd On Better Looking Records), he handles it all with deft songwriting and a wandering curiosity that launches this record to some surprising places. Filled with sudden stops and orchestral interludes, "Holiday" is very bit a symphony as much as it is a Baroque pop classic. Like them or not, one thing you have to respect about these five NYU grads is how demanding their music can be. This isn’t a group to leave on while cleaning the dishes. Their latest single ‘Night’ contains the kind of contradicting multitudes Whitman might have been proud of. The influence of Asher’s downtown artist dad Stephen Lack must be rubbing off… Check out ‘Night’ below and see them when they play in Zurich, Switzerland on March 6… or just wait until they come back to New York at WNYC Greene Space on June 1st. – Mike Levine (@goldnuggets)
Mp3: Ravens and Chimes – Night