LOWER – SEEK WALMER CLIMES

Seek Warmer Climes, Lower’s debut album, sparkles with the harmonic dissonance and high-strung urgency of their post-punk forebears. But the Copenhagen-based four piece also channel the romance and drama of great singer-songwriters, from late-period Scott Walker to Bryan Ferry. The result is a hugely ambitious and affecting rock album that enters deeply personal and unusual sonic and topical spaces.