Ears Wide Open: Robotanists
by KEVIN on JANUARY 21, 2011
When we last checked in with L.A. quartet Robotanists, Sarah Ellquist, Daniel de Blanke, Keith Boyarsky and Preston Scott Phillips were dazzling us with a covers EP. They have not been idle. Their second full-length, “Plans in Progress” — the foursome’s first new material since 2008′s “Close Down the Woods” — comes out Feb. 25. Over ghostly guitars and pulsing keys, Ellquist’s vocals strike a nice balance between sultry/detached and warm/inviting, and on this sophomore effort, produced by Danny Kalb, the foursome strikes out for a broader sonic atmosphere. “Let’s steal this moment / and go as fast as we can,” Ellquist sings in the title track, and if this too-short (28-plus minutes) album is any indication, Robotanists’ moment may very well be nigh.
http://buzzbands.la/2011/01/21/ears-wide-open-robotanists-2/
||| Download: “On/Off the Ledge” (via RCRDLBL.com)
||| Live: Robotanists have the Monday residency in February at the Silverlake Lounge.
Photo by Jenny Plume
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