TAG: Choir of Young Believers

Dec21

Best of ‘09: Indie Heart & Electro Beat (Areti)

Kiss 2009 Goodbye: Highlights through the Lens of Music 

I played Drake’s “Best I Ever Had” in groups of six, saw Wilco back-to-back at The Wiltern, put my right-hand high with Kid Sister, blew a kiss to Ben Gibbard as Hollywood Bowl exploded with fireworks, chilled with A Place to Bury Strangers, worked-out to Miike Snow, beatboxed with Matis, moved to Silver Lake, boogied down at Nightmares on Wax, got blinded by Mandy’s rock, took my clothes off at Phoenix…

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Oct02

Choir of Young Believers – This Is for the White in Your Eyes (Review)

Choir of Young Believers

This Is for the White in Your Eyes



This Is for the White in Your Eyes couldn't come at a more propitious time. Whereas most bands and labels would prefer to release an album in the fall, the Choir of Young Believers deliver an end-of-summer sensation: the album is the last gasp of summer's warmth and beauty, intimacy and liberation just as the flowers hold on for a few moments before giving way to the changing seasons.

And this is an album that defies time. Jannis Makrigiannis arranges orchestral, ethereal impressions of songs passing in slow ...

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Jul17

Choir of Young Believers (MP3 Download)

Our pals at RCRD LBL posted a download for Choir of Young Believers, and though you May not know them yet, their album This is For The White in Your Eyes has been on repeat around URB. It’s overwhelmingly good: soaring vocals, Nordic vibe, indie-folk indie-pop sensability, and it goes without saying, a lovely use of strings and percussion to keep you blissed out. We’ll have a full review of the album out on Ghostly in Aug, so keep a look out for COYB.

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