The Golden Filter
Voluspa
Brille
Rating: 4
Thanks to Urban Outfitters, The Golden Filter is already on just about every hipster’s iPod.
The dreamlike, catchy single “Solid Gold” well represents the electronic duo’s debut album, Voluspa. As a whole, the album is a well-balanced collection of sultry, low-fi disco.
“Dance Around the Fire” starts out the album with a slow and graceful build up to an ominous crescendo of synth and classical string instruments. Similarly dreamlike and enchanting electropop numbers follow, melding into one another to create a remarkably cohesive debut.
Voluspa typically balances infectious, haunting melodies with well-produced beats to produce ambient feelings of fantasy-like mystery. However, a few later tracks rely perhaps a bit too much on the female lead singer’s breathy crooning to sound fresh.
Give these tracks a listen: “Dance Around the Fire,” “Look Me In The Eye”
For fans of: Glass Candy, Goldfrapp
– Janelle Bitker
