Gem Club/Breakers/Hardly Art/2011
Hailing from the Boston area, Gem Club plays minimalistic soft-pop music. Gem Club is a two piece band composed of Christopher Barnes and Kristen Drymala. Armed only with piano, cello, and their beautifully haunting voices, Breakers truly feels like a work of art. The music they play is dream-like, gorgeous and somber, their lyrics are reflective, heartbreaking, and melancholy. Breakers feels like perfect winter music listening to me: it’s slow and beautiful just like the first snow fall. These 9 wistful piano ballads are simple and predictable, but that’s what makes this album work.
Recommended: 5, 6, 4, 1
FCC: clean
