Au Revoir Simone - The Bird Of Music (2007)

The Bird Of Music is the second album from Au Revoir Simone, following up
from 2005’s Verses Of Comfort And Assurance. They’re three girls from
Brooklyn: Erika Forster, Annie Hart and Heather D'Angelo, who take to the
studio with a synthesizer each and D’Angelo’s drum machine for
accompaniment. This makes more sense than you might think as, by their very
nature, synths can provide almost any sound you could possibly wish for and
the drum machine complements the 80s feel conjured by the girls’ Rolands.
Influences are worn not quite on the sleeve but you can detect a little
Belle & Sebastian in there, a little New Order, a little Kenickie and even
a little We Are Scientists