Please Clap Your Hands - The Bird & The Bee

Posted : 2 years, 3 months ago at Oct 2 15:44

The Bird and the Bee's new EP, "Please Clap Your Hands," their first follow-up to their self-titled debut album, builds on and expands the strenths of their previous effort (intelligent pop phrasing, multitracked vocal harmonies, and self-conscious lyricism) while eliminating the weaknesses (stylistically uneven refrains, outdated synth patches). The album consists of only 5 songs, but it's 20 minutes of pure charming bliss. Inara George (vocalist, aka, the Bird) turns in one fantasticly seductive performance after another on every track, while Greg Kurstin (keyboards, drum machines, aka, the Bee) provides the pitch perfect compliment to her breathy voice. If you've got $5 to spare, and have any sort of taste for electronic pop and/or female vocalists, I definitely recommend that ...Read more

Rating : 10/10