Baths

We listened to this new band last night for the first time. Just to take in this new sound we listened to the album a couple times all the way through, before changing CDs. The band's name is Baths. Their album, Cerulean, reminds me a bit of Passion Pit, with less of an upbeat. I was hoping they were going to stop through the Triangle on their upcoming tour, but unfortunately they are only visiting Charlotte, with no open dates.
Pitchfork writes, Wiesenfeld, Baths, is 'something of the pop voice that the L.A. beathead scene never realized it needed' (link). They continue to review the album Cerulean; 'Cerulean has clear influences, but it also has its own point of view. It would probably be overload if the lyrics matched the density of the music, but the themes in Cerulean are pretty simple-- the desire for human connection and occasionally ("Indoorsy") a retreat from it.'
Baths was recently signed to anticon records (link). Anticon describes Cerulean as 'the auspicious debut of L.A.'s Baths. Evolving out of Will Wiesenfeld's varied [Post-Foetus] project, and inspired by the energy of the city's burgeoning beat scene (Daedelus introduced Anticon to Baths), the record represents a clear departure from both – an often warm, acoustic-fueled electronic music that hews closer to the work of contemporaries like Toro Y Moi. By combining songwriting with self-sampling, raw musicianship with synthesized textures, and field recordings with propulsive beats, Baths has created a seething sound-cloud packed with bright moments and prone to unexpected turns.' continue reading ...