Mark Kozelek & Jimmy LaValle
Perils from the Sea
Caldo Verde
2013
Rating: 7 dirty piles of clean laundry out of 10
This collaboration between Mark Kozalek and Jimmy LaValle may not really sound just like the Postal Service, but it will remind you of them in that both the Postal Service album and this one have the same construct - a well known voice in the indie rock world paired with a guy making mellow electro-pop sounds. It sounds pretty much how you expect, like a Kozalek record with slow dance music backing his vocals. It's entirely possible this is all in my head, but I wonder if Koz doing that record of Modest Mouse covers had a lasting effect on how he now sings songs? I'd swear a number of tracks here sound like Isaac Brock. Anyways, long story short but this is pretty enjoyable. Assuming you like Koz that is, because despite the change in backing music his voice still very much drives anything he appears on.
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