Sometimes, you need music that you don’t need to think about—music that thinks for you. Music that is arranged in such a way that it doesn’t require much discerning on your part, so that you can just sit back and take it all in.
Brooklyn based Linfinity makes this type of music. At times, the songs are very methodical: the deliberate notes, bass lines and harmonies of the first couple of songs will bring you back to the soothing folk songs from your grandfather’s lap.
Other times, like the gypsy-esque “Holy Rain”, the playful factor shoots through the roof and you are left with an amalgamation of world music with an American tinge. Layering Devotchka-like music with a vocal hybrid of Andrew Bird and Ray La Montagne, Linfinity’s debut record could easily serve as the musical score to your average coming-of-age-via-roadtrip indie movie.
But there are surprises lurking at every corner, like the Beach Boys inspired track “Choo Choo Train to Venice”. The only consistent thing about their music is that it is so far removed from the Brooklyn scene right now (bear in mind that I just finished reading the new issue of Fader with Yeasayer on the cover).
So grab your favourite blanket and a bottle of rum, it’s down time for sure.
3/5
Linfinity - Holy Rain [mp3]
the album drops tomorrow (27 april)
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