Is this the same California indie-rock band that once made such a dissonant post-punk racket that it regularly collected comparisons to Social Distortion and Pixies? Apparently, but it seems the members of Earlimart have gone through a serious Radiohead-style rebirth, discovering the hidden power of intricacy over immediacy. Everyone Down Here expands on the soft sonic strokes of the The Avenues EP, pairing fractional studio noise with hushed vocals and sweeping melodies. There are hints of Sparklehorse and Grandaddy (whose frontman, Jason Lytle, co-produced this project) in songs like "Lazy Feet 23” and "Dreaming Of…,” where singer-songwriter Aaron Espinoza’s own glorious vision finally comes into view. There is nothing quite as satisfying as the sound of a band finding its way. --Aidin Vaziri

Earlimart

1969

660200210526

CD

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