To Kill A Petty Bourgeoisie return with their second album after their debut The Patron. Marlone sees the band growing quite a bit from their debut, with their arrangements growing more intriguing and varied, and overall just more impressive. Their sound is a mix of experimental and post rock, with ambience and shoegaze playing a role as well. Jehna's vocals still sound remarkably like Beth Gibbons, with a bit of Cortney Tidwell and Trish Keenan thrown in, but her work on guitar mixed with Mark McGee's electronics and percussion take this band to totally different places. There's a dichotomy at play between light and dark on the album, with morbid violin and ambience competing with a pull toward pop sensibility. Ocassionally, light wins, as on "In People's Homes", but if dark places are where you like to hang out, Marlone is a great album to bring with you.

Style: Experimental, Post Rock

RIYL: Portishead, Broadcast

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2009  Broadcast  Experimental  Kranky  Marlone  Portishead  Post Rock  To Kill a Petty Bourgeoisie  onecaseman 

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