New Fanfarlo Video - "Harold T. Wilkins" (Stereogum Premiere)
A quick listen of London-via-Sweden sextet Fanfarlo suggests they're building from the finer stock of 2006's crop, with surging melodramatics and instrumentation in the Arcade Fire and Beirut vein, lead vocals that are something like David Byrne via Alec Ounsworth, and as was a sign o' those times, a David Bowie endorsement. Underneath those trappings, though, are windswept indie pop songs that have their own heart, as seen on this year's debut LP Resorvoir, an 11-song set that's been a blogger'...
Stereogum — A quick listen of London-via-Sweden sextet Fanfarlo suggests they're building from the finer stock of 2006's crop, with surging melodramatics and instrumentation in the A... more info