Pelican City - The Chilling Effect

Drawing on both the neo-film noir effects of the Bristol U.K. crowd (Massive Attack, Portishead) and the goth-hop moodouts of folks like Dj Shadow, The Chilling Effect finds Brian Burton creating a series of darkly beautiful crawls through music. The elements aren't unfamiliar -- lonesome sax wailing, buried string orchestrations, distant piano parts, all overlaid by slow and steady beats -- but somehow he hotwires it just enough to make it worth listening to instead of worth briefly acknowledging. Read More