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Critiques CD: Fanfarlo | Rooms Filled With Light

Fanfarlo is England’s answer to the North American orchestral pop phenomenon. Their first full-length, Reservoir (2009), is at some points a  dead-ringer for the Balkan-inspired Beirut and at others a straight-up Arcade Fire doppelgänger – “Drowning Men” practically synchs up with “Rebellion (Lies)”. Rooms Filled With Light doesn’t move far out of this referential shadow, but makes things more interesting by injecting some Talking Heads danceability into their previously more folk-pop sound. There is another striking moment of déja entendu – “Deconstruction” synchs almost perfectly with “Keep The Car Running” (Neon Bible) – but move past the inconspicuous stylistic influences and the album is totally enjoyable in its own right.

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