The past we leave behind

"Visse numre er nok lidt for lange og med lidt vel megen dreampop-svæven, men der arbejdes også godt med melodier, måske især på de afsluttende Embrace og One Last Thing, som begge, i mine ører, fungerer ret godt. Jeg kvitterer med fire fuldfede stjerner herfra, og med en anbefaling til dem, der måtte være til dreampop, ambient, chillout, synth og lignende".

"Pale Blue is Simonetti's latest project. A new alias on a new label (2MR, or Two Mikes Records, a collaboration with Captured Tracks' Mike Sniper), it is nominally a solo affair, though a singer named Elizabeth Wight, of the San Francisco duo Silver Hands, plays a key role, and Lower Dens' Jana Hunter shows up on one of the key cuts. The title tells you something about its emotional register-wistful, elegiac, bittersweet- and the Field and M83 both offer clear antecedents for Pale Blue's billowing synthesizers and yearning vocals. But for all the grandeur Simonetti wants to summon, Pale Blue's sound is also modest, making the most of Wight's voice, layering and looping her to create an airy background wash that casts a rosy sunset glow over everything".

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