Eight and a Half
Eight and a Half

From the waves of instrumental opener "When I Was Twenty Nine" into the urgent, melancholic pulse of first single "Scissors," from the snare crackle and organ pressure of "The Turn Around" to the whirling, percussive, keyboard drip-drop mediation of "Two Points Meet," "Eight and a Half's self-titled album simply dazzles. It is a record marked by endless textures: hums, pings, washes, drones, cascades, sounds skittering, snares banging, the feather-soft gorgeousness of an incredible vocal melody, and more.