Liam Singer 'Winter Weeds' – Luna Kafe

Excerpt: “Dislocatia is Brooklyn-based chamber-pop experimentalist Liam Singer’s third album. His first on Hidden Shoal. It is produced by Scott Solter, as were his second album; Our Secret Lies Beneath The Creek (Tell-All), and features Wendy Allen on vocals, both of them from Boxharp, another Hidden Shoal band. And even though the heavy influences from this Californian duo is very audible, it is Liam Singer’s chilly and delightful compositions that makes Dislocatia such an astonishing album. Dislocatia is a cycle of dusky contemporary chamber, that is somewhat lightened with elegant pop-melodic craftsmanship. From the instrumental opener “On Earth a Wandering Stranger Was I Born” to the closure “Stinson Beach”, the soundscape is made of prosaic, romantic minimalism, an uneasy melancholy, and charming metallic beauty… Liam Singer challenges the borders of pop music with his experimental, or contemporary musical, use of piano and strings. This much aided by Wendy Allen’s heavenly backing vocals, that empowers the tunes in a classic direction…. this album that probably is best described as just beautiful.”

Luna Kafe