Local Review: Pelpp and A. Vanvranken – Pedal

Pelpp and A. Vanvranken
Pedal

Pelpp and A. Vanvranken = Worm is Green + Bjork’s Vespertine – vocals

 

Electro-ambiance flutters in the deepening twilight; machines have warmth too. Like the sophisticated, emotional electronic renderings of Iceland’s Worm is Green, Pelpp and A. Vanvranken is minimal but powerful—knows when adding just one more note would be one note too much. Like Sigur Rós, A. Vanvranken blends instrumental layering with such expanded height and depth that Pedal seems to have been recorded in a cathedral. Even better than their first CD—and one of the finer local CDs I’ve reviewed