My attention is always piqued when I see comparisons to bands such as The Sundays being dropped in the artist’s bio. Such references also make me wonder if this is not just wishful thinking on the part of the press officer, the aforementioned band being such a singularly brilliant exponent of a shimmering, indie-pop style that has rarely been beaten. As I drop the virtual needle on the digital single, I’m often thinking to myself, “if this sounds like The Sundays, one of my favorite bands of the original indie era, I’ll eat my hat.”
One hat later, I love everything about Elke Schon and “Pages You’ll Never Read.” It captures the essence of that same cross-pollination between delicate indie and shimmering pop, that blend of chart accessibility and ethereal charm, that mix of mellifluousness and melody, groove and grace.
Of course, it doesn’t hurt that Elke Schon has the perfect voice for such a style, that rare ability to be delicate and delightful when requited yet confident and compelling for the song’s bigger and more impressive moments.
I didn’t realize that people still made music like this—music that is deftly threaded and yet gently infectious, music that gathers shimmering sonics together to create a floating musical form, the sound of folk finesse and indie cool dancing with pop accessibility.
The pop charts used to be full of music like this back in my day (yes, I’m old), and thanks to artists such as Elke Schon, it could be again. Wouldn’t that be something?
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